Episode 26: Workplace Accommodation with guest Juliana Franco - Know your rights!

Table of Contents
0:42 Welcome. Guest introduction: Juliana Franco
1:45 Juliana describes work at Center for Worklife Law
3:07 Thank you to our sponsor Happi Tummi
4:40 Juliana’s workplace and accommodations
5:20 Discuss Juliana’s magazine article
5:50 Wage earning moms and workplace accommodation denial
7:35 Workplace accommodation denial stats
8:24 Asking for accommodations
9:15 Accommodations as flashpoint for discrimination
10:00 Cases of workplace lactation descrimination
12:15 Workplace as hurdle for lactating moms
13:40 Cold mop closet as “pumping room”
14:50 Thank you to our sponsor Aeroflow
17:00 Advocating for workplace accommodations
17:42 Play to request accommodations
19:15 For healthcare providers: effective accommodation letters
19:42 Effective healthcare provider letters
22:02 Requesting accommodations, fearing retaliation
25:00 Litigation and workplace accommodation
27:08 Free information and support resources are available
27:57 How do we make a better future?
29:50 Juliana’s takeaway thoughts, resources
31:19 Thank yous to new Patreon patrons! Happy birthday Molly!

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Resources
PregnantAtWork.org: https://www.pregnantatwork.org/
“The Health Care Provider’s Role in Securing Work Accommodations for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients,” in Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, by Juliana Franco, Liz Morris, Jessica Lee, and Joan C. Williams: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jmwh.13131?af=R
Free legal helpline, Center for Worklife Law: (415) 703-8276, hotline@worklifelaw.org

Ep. 26 - Workplace accommodations with guest Juliana Franco - Know your rights!

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Ep. 26 - Workplace accommodations with guest Juliana Franco - Know your rights!

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