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What Every Business Needs To Know About The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for known limitations associated with pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. By providing support and protections for pregnant workers, these laws aim to promote women’s health, economic stability, and equal opportunities in the workplace.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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Issues such as the “maternity penalty” and a lack of support for women’s health issues contribute to a gap in pay, promotion, and overall workplace equality. For example, a recent survey of companies in the UK found that 47 percent have no supportive policies for employees struggling with fertility ( FertilityFamily , 2023).

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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She was put on medication and had to take a few weeks off from work. For example, in a 2022 study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging , researchers noted that racial discrimination had a negative impact on human health—specifically, it had the potential to increase the risk for medical disorders.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities.

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How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work – A personal interview with Bonnie Low-Kramen by Karen Mangia for Thrive Global

Bonnie Low Kramen

Based on 1,000+ interviews, Bonnie’s new book about the workplace is called Staff Matters and will be published in early 2023. The biggest gaps will be in compensation, investment in professional development training, and policies around bullying and sexual harassment. Policies around bullying and sexual harassment?—?Workplace

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

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We’re coming back in 2023, 2024, saying, yeah, 90% plus. Great at marketing and self promotion, but horrid at the concept of actually building a community inside of the facilities. And many of these historically had poor education, poor communications, poor network transportation, poor medical systems, all that.

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