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S 1590 114th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Employment discrimination and employee rights Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Women's employment Women's health

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Introduced: June 17, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Jun 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 17, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protect against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to provide for women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as any other persons who are applicants for employment with, or employees of, the same employer in work that is performed under similar working conditions and who are not so affected but are similar in their temporary ability or inability to work.

Makes such treatment applicable to existing prohibited categories of employment discrimination on the basis of sex or because of sex.

Prohibits this treatment from permitting a labor organization to cause an employer to commit an unlawful employment practice against an employee in violation of such provisions.

What's happening now June 17, 2015

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2