MS SB2485

Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, requiring reasonable accommodations unless doing so would impose undue hardship on the employer.

Defines reasonable accommodations to include frequent breaks, time off to recover from childbirth, job restructuring, light duty, modified work schedules, and private space for expressing breast milk.

Requires employers to provide written notice of these protections to new employees at hire, existing employees within 120 days of the act's effective date, and employees within 10 days of notifying the employer of pregnancy.

Allows aggrieved employees to file petitions in circuit court and receive remedies including attorney's fees, back pay, liquidated damages, and 100% of unpaid wages, or 300% of remedies if the employer willfully violated the law.

Takes effect July 1, 2019, and is codified in Chapter 1, Title 71 of the Mississippi Code.