[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11611]



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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

29 CFR Part 1602

RIN 3046-AB31


Amendment of Procedural and Administrative Regulations To Include 
the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; Corrections

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On February 14, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission (``EEOC'' or ``Commission'') published an interim final rule 
amending its procedural and recordkeeping regulations to include 
references to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (``PWFA''). That 
document included a few references to the PWFA in sections where they 
should not have been included, and this document removes those 
references from the regulations.

DATES: Effective on May 28, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal 
Counsel, at (202) 921-3240 or [email protected]. Requests for this 
notification in an alternative format should be made to the Office of 
Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921-3191 (voice), (800) 
669-6820 (TTY), or (844) 234-5122 (ASL Video Phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, 42 U.S.C. 
2000gg et seq., became law on December 29, 2022, and was effective on 
June 27, 2023. The PWFA at 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2, adopted the enforcement 
mechanisms and procedures of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(``Title VII'') and the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 
(``GERA''), such that these requirements also apply to the PWFA. The 
Commission's procedural rules implementing all of these Title VII and 
GERA provisions can be found at 29 CFR parts 1601-1603, 1610, 1611, 
1614, and 1626.
    On February 14, 2024, the Commission issued an interim final rule 
amending these regulations to add references to the PWFA in order to 
implement the new law. See Interim Final Rule; Request for Comments, 89 
FR 11167.\1\ In the Interim Final Rule, references to the PWFA were 
inadvertently added to four subsections pertaining to recordkeeping in 
part 1602 without the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') supporting 
materials pursuant to 29 CFR 1320.11, or the opportunity for a public 
hearing pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c) (as incorporated into the PWFA 
by 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2). Therefore, the addition of PWFA references to 
these four subsections was not effective, and this correction removes 
them. These four subsections are the only parts of the interim final 
rule to be changed here, and the remainder of the rule remains in 
effect.
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    \1\ The Commission corrected two typographical errors in the 
interim final rule on February 23, 2024, at 89 FR 13617.
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List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1602

    Administrative practice and procedure, Equal employment 
opportunity.

    Accordingly, 29 CFR part 1602 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 1602--RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TITLE 
VII, THE ADA, GINA, AND THE PWFA

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1. The authority citation for part 1602 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8, 2000e-12; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 
42 U.S.C. 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2.


Sec. Sec.  1602.14, 1602.21, 1602.28, and 1602.31  [Amended]

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2. Removing the words ``title VII, the ADA, GINA, or the PWFA'' and 
adding in their place the words ``title VII, the ADA, or GINA'' 
wherever they appear in the following places:
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a. Sec.  1602.14;
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b. Sec.  1602.21(b);
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c. Sec.  1602.28(a); and
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d. Sec.  1602.31.

    For the Commission.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-11611 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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