Bill Text: IA SSB1029 | 2021-2022 | 89th 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 485.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 485. [SSB1029 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1029-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1029
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND
BUSINESS
RELATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WHITING)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
employers
to
provide
reasonable
accommodations
1
to
employees
based
on
pregnancy
or
childbirth
and
making
2
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
216.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
(1)
An
employer
shall
provide
reasonable
3
accommodations
to
an
employee
based
on
medical
conditions
4
related
to
the
employee’s
pregnancy
or
childbirth
if
the
5
employee
so
requests
with
the
advice
of
the
employee’s
health
6
care
provider.
7
(2)
For
purposes
of
this
lettered
paragraph
“f”
,
“reasonable
8
accommodations”
means
actions
which
would
permit
an
employee
9
with
a
medical
condition
relating
to
the
employee’s
pregnancy
10
or
childbirth
to
perform
in
a
reasonable
manner
the
activities
11
involved
in
the
employee’s
specific
occupation
and
include
but
12
are
not
limited
to
the
provision
of
an
accessible
worksite,
13
acquisition
or
modification
of
equipment,
job
restructuring,
14
and
a
modified
work
schedule.
“Reasonable
accommodations”
does
15
not
mean
any
action
that
would
impose
an
undue
hardship
on
the
16
business
of
the
employer
from
whom
the
action
is
requested.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
requires
an
employer
to
provide
reasonable
21
accommodations
to
an
employee
based
on
medical
conditions
22
related
to
the
employee’s
pregnancy
or
childbirth
if
the
23
employee
requests
reasonable
accommodations
with
the
advice
24
of
the
employee’s
health
care
provider.
Penalty
provisions
25
for
discriminatory
employment
practices
are
made
applicable
26
to
a
failure
to
provide
such
reasonable
accommodations
to
an
27
employee.
28
The
bill
defines
“reasonable
accommodations”
as
actions
29
which
would
permit
an
employee
with
a
medical
condition
30
relating
to
the
employee’s
pregnancy
or
childbirth
to
31
perform
in
a
reasonable
manner
the
activities
involved
in
32
the
employee’s
specific
occupation
and
include
but
are
not
33
limited
to
the
provision
of
an
accessible
worksite,
acquisition
34
or
modification
of
equipment,
job
restructuring,
and
a
35
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