Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2012 to Nov 26, 2012, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Sep 19, 2012 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Sep 19, 2012 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Sep 19, 2012 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Sep 19, 2012 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 20, 2012 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Sep 21, 2012 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 13, 2012 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Nov 14, 2012 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Nov 26, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Sep 19, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5647 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act | Identical bill | Sep 26, 2012 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: 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
- Labor and Employment
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Women's employment
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
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