3.0.0 3565 2022-02-03T05:53:23Z 2022-02-03T05:53:23Z Senate S S 2012-09-19 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-09-19T19:23:02Z Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 112 5647 HR 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2012-09-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-09-19 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2012-09-19 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2012-09-19 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-09-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-09-20 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2012-09-21 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2012-11-13 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2012-11-14 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-11-26 False 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 Labor and Employment 00 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-09T15:37:54Z 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.

]]> Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Display Title Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced 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 in Senate 2012-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3565is/xml/BILLS-112s3565is.xml 2012-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.