MN SF2021

Requires employers to grant female employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, with length determined by the employee but not exceeding 12 weeks unless agreed by employer.

Employees may use accrued vacation or sick leave during pregnancy leave and employers may require reasonable notice of the leave start date and estimated duration.

Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions upon employee request with health care provider advice, including seating, frequent restroom breaks, and limits on heavy lifting.

Requires employers to temporarily transfer pregnant employees to less strenuous or hazardous positions upon request and physician advice, but does not require creation of new positions or displacement of more senior employees.

Employees returning from pregnancy leave under this section are entitled to their former position or a comparable position with the same duties, hours, and pay; layoffs during leave do not guarantee reinstatement rights beyond what applies under existing layoff and recall systems.