US Congress Senate Bill 1512 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-3-2)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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) 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, if such accommodation is unnecessary to perform the job; (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.

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2654 (Related) 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1512/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1512/BILLS-114s1512is.pdf