by Dan DeMarle | Jan 5, 2025 | Legislation, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Uncategorized
This nation-leading policy, proposed in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 State of the State and signed into law in April, gives workers the ability to take paid leave for any pregnancy-related medical appointments and will go into effect on January 1, 2025. “No pregnant woman...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 5, 2025 | Emotional Disturbance, Legislation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This law will allow any worker to file for workers’ compensation for specific types of mental injury premised on extraordinary work-related stress. Through an agreement with the Legislature, Legislation S.6635/A.5745 will allow any worker to file for...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 9, 2024 | Federal, Legislation, Project 2025
““We have more students who are coming to school who are not potty-trained.” Marie Wiles was blunt about the increasingly basic needs of her pupils. She has served as superintendent of the Guilderland Central Schools, a suburb of Albany, for 14 years. ...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 25, 2024 | Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Special Education
Summary IDEA Part B requires that children with disabilities, ages three through 21, receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). IDEA Part C requires States to make available early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their...
by Dan DeMarle | Oct 13, 2024 | Legislation, Parents/Guardians, Pregnancy
On April 19, 2024, the EEOC published its final rule regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees or candidates with a known limitation related to pregnancy,...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 19, 2024 | Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Augmentative Communication, Disability, Legislation, Speech and Language
“As House floor speeches go, the subject of recent remarks by U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., was unremarkable — she proposed renaming a small-town Virginia post office. But the speech nevertheless marked a new era for people with disabilities: Wexton’s words...
