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An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill.
WORKERS in the United States are now entitled to time off and other accommodations for abortions, miscarriages and other pregnancy-related medical conditions under a new law.
The new regulations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed with bipartisan Congressional support in December 2022 but sparked controversy last year when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) included abortions in its draft rules.
Under the new language of the regulations, workers can ask for time off to obtain an abortion and recover from the procedure.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC