Multiple federal laws combine with existing employer policies on medical leave, family leave, and disability accommodations to mitigate impediments to academic success for faculty welcoming a new child into their households. But the nature of higher education workplaces is that policies for faculty may be written by and/or implemented by faculty committees and administrators who are unaware of the mandates of federal employment law. This webinar will assist faculty in obtaining the benefits to which they are legally entitled by instructing them about requirements incorporated into key federal employment laws that mandate accommodations for pregnant and parenting faculty—including the Equal Pay Act (1963), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964), the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978), the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), the Family and Medical Leave Act (1993), and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (2022).
Presenter: Saranna Thornton is professor of economics and business at Hampden-Sydney College, the author of the AAUP’s guidebook Pregnancy in the Academy, and coauthor with Kathi Westcott of The Family and Medical Leave Act: Questions and Answers. She is also a member of the AAUP’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality in the Academic Profession.
This event is for AAUP members only. Check your email for registration details.