Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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) 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; (3) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (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.
Cosponsors 149
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2015 to May 10, 2016, with 110 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2015Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1512 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act | Related bill | Jun 4, 2015 |
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
- Government liability
- Labor and Employment
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local government operations
- Women's employment
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
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