The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued an enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination. The new guidance includes significant developments in the law during the past 30 years.
The guidance sets out the fundamental requirement that an employer may not discriminate against an employee on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions and that women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions must be treated the same as other employees who are similar in their ability or inability to work. The guidance requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations “to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment.”
Also, the guidance explains how the definition of “disability” could apply to workers with impairments related to pregnancy. Although pregnancy itself is not a disability, impairments related to pregnancy can be disabilities if they “substantially limit one or more major life activities.”
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