S 3565 112th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child care and development Civil actions and liability Employee hiring Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Sex and reproductive health Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Women's employment Women's health

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Introduced: September 19, 2012 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 19, 2012

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept; or (4) require such employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations.

Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices.

Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

What's happening now September 19, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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