Bill Text: IA SF18 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable. (See SF 313.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Passed subcommittee. [SF18 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF18-Introduced.html
Senate File 18 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY BRASE A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations 2 to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making 3 penalties applicable. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1196XS (2) 86 je/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 216.6, subsection 2, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. (1) An employer shall provide reasonable 1 4 accommodations to an employee based on medical conditions 1 5 related to the employee's pregnancy or childbirth if the 1 6 employee so requests with the advice of the employee's health 1 7 care provider. 1 8 (2) For purposes of this lettered paragraph "f", "reasonable 1 9 accommodations" means actions which would permit an employee 1 10 with a medical condition relating to the employee's pregnancy 1 11 or childbirth to perform in a reasonable manner the activities 1 12 involved in the employee's specific occupation and include but 1 13 are not limited to the provision of an accessible worksite, 1 14 acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, 1 15 and a modified work schedule. "Reasonable accommodations" does 1 16 not mean any action that would impose an undue hardship on the 1 17 business of the employer from whom the action is requested. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 21 This bill requires an employer to provide reasonable 1 22 accommodations to an employee based on medical conditions 1 23 related to the employee's pregnancy or childbirth if the 1 24 employee requests reasonable accommodations with the advice 1 25 of the employee's health care provider. Penalty provisions 1 26 for discriminatory employment practices are made applicable 1 27 to a failure to provide such reasonable accommodations to an 1 28 employee. 1 29 The bill defines "reasonable accommodations" as actions 1 30 which would permit an employee with a medical condition 1 31 relating to the employee's pregnancy or childbirth to 1 32 perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in 1 33 the employee's specific occupation and include but are not 1 34 limited to the provision of an accessible worksite, acquisition 1 35 or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and a 2 1 modified work schedule. The bill provides that "reasonable 2 2 accommodations" does not mean any action that would impose an 2 3 undue hardship on the business of the employer from whom the 2 4 action is requested. LSB 1196XS (2) 86 je/nh
