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S. 1512 114th Congress Senate

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Official title: A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

Introduced: June 9, 2015 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild care and developmentCivil actions and liabilityEmployee hiring
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Employee leaveEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment liabilitySex and reproductive healthSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local government operationsWomen's employmentWomen's health
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 4, 2015
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Declares that it is an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) fail to 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, if such accommodation is unnecessary to perform the job; (4) require such employees to take paid or unpaid leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations; or (5) take adverse action in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment against an employee requesting or using such reasonable accommodations.

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

Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 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.

Prohibits state immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution from an action for a violation of this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1512: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1512/
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"S. 1512: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1512/.
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S. 1512, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1512/.
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