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GA SB417
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/26/2014
Primary Sponsor
Nan Orrock
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AI Summary
- Enacts the "Georgia Pregnant Workers Fairness Act" (Chapter 5A of Title 34), requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions such as lactation, unless the employer can demonstrate undue hardship
- Reasonable accommodations include more frequent or longer breaks, time off to recover from childbirth, modified equipment or seating, temporary transfer to less strenuous positions, light duty, private non-bathroom space for expressing breast milk, assistance with manual labor, and modified work schedules
- Makes it unlawful sex discrimination for an employer to take adverse action against an employee who requests accommodations, deny employment opportunities based on the need to accommodate pregnancy, force an unwanted accommodation, or require leave when another reasonable accommodation is available
- Places the burden of proving undue hardship on the employer, with a rebuttable presumption that an accommodation is not an undue hardship if the employer already provides similar accommodations to other classes of employees
- Requires employers to provide written notice of pregnancy-related rights to new employees at hire, existing employees within 120 days of the law's effective date, and any employee who reports a pregnancy within 10 days of notification, and to conspicuously post the notice in the workplace
Legislative Description
'Georgia Pregnant Workers Fairness Act'; enact; provide for intent; definitions; notice of rights
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/3/2014
Full Bill Text
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