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Implementing Workplace Protections for Pregnant or Lactating Personnel

May 22, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness (PWFA) and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Acts were signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s known limitations correlated with pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so will cause the employer an undue hardship; while the PUMP Act expands workplace protections for lactating employees and requires employers to provide reasonable break time and private space for personnel to express milk while at work. On August 7, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for implementing the PWFA’s protections for pregnant workers, and the resulting Rules were published on April 19.  

Please join us for this 2-hour webinar in which experienced NACUA member-panelists will cover topics, including:   

  • An overview of the PWFA; 
  • An overview of the PUMP Act; 
  • Implications of the EEOC’s new rules around the PWFA’s protections for pregnant workers; and 
  • Implementing these significant changes in the support for pregnant and parenting personnel. 

Who should attend?

This webinar will interest in-house and outside counsel to colleges and universities, senior human resources personnel, and those tasked with implementing campus accommodations.   ad start on anticipated web-based accessibility standards under Title III.. 

Speakers

Awo Sarpong Ansu

Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

University of Maryland Global Campus

Awo Sarpong Ansu is Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the University of Maryland Global Campus, a public university dedicated to providing educational and career advancement to adult learners, military servicemembers, veterans and their families in the State of Maryland, across the United States, and on military bases around the world. In addition to overseeing the team of lawyers who work in the Office of Legal Affairs, Ms. Sarpong Ansu’s portfolio includes labor and employment, discrimination, disability, harassment and misconduct, civil rights, personnel matters, student affairs, contracts, and providing support to the Office of Institutional Advancement. Ms. Sarpong Ansu is also an Adjunct Professor in UMGC’s undergraduate Legal Studies Program. Prior to UMGC, Ms. Ansu spent several years at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where she served in several capacities including Special Assistant to Obama-appointed EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien. Originally from Ghana, Ms. Sarpong Ansu is a proud graduate of New York City Public Schools. She earned her undergraduate degree from Barnard College/Columbia University and her J.D. from the New York University School of Law. 

Nicholas Simpson

Senior Associate

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Nicholas A. Simpson is a senior associate in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.  His practice focuses on counseling employers on labor and employment matters and defending labor and employment litigation.  As a litigator and a member of his firm’s higher education industry group, Nicholas has experience representing clients, in claims for sexual and racial harassment; pregnancy, disability, sex, race, age, and equal pay discrimination; wrongful discharge; and violations of the ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA, Title VII, Section 1981, Section 1983, the Ethics Act, and other statutes.   

In addition to his litigation practice, Nicholas also assists clients with workplace diversity and inclusion related issues, including conducting climate surveys and internal investigations; analyzing employee related data and policies; and conducting trainings on unconscious bias, generational diversity, and creating inclusive cultures.  Nicholas also assists with managing internal and external communications in response to diversity and inclusion related matters. 

Outside of his daily practice, Nicholas is a Corporate Board Member of Associated Colleges of Illinois (“ACI”).  ACI is a network of 25 private, nonprofit residential colleges and universities.  ACI’s mission is to support member colleges and universities by advancing independent liberal arts and sciences education and helping underserved students succeed in college, career, and life.  Nicholas is also a proud member of NACUA.  In March 2023, Nicholas co-led a discussion group on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Employment for NACUA’s Spring 2023 CLE for Higher Education Discrimination Law.

Program Schedule

TimeSession Topic
12:00 P.M. ETIntroductions
PWFA 
PUMP Act
PWFA Rules
Recommendations for policy review and campus partner training next steps 
2:00 P.M. ETQ&A

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