NC H940

Prohibits employers from refusing to hire, discharging, or discriminating against individuals based on pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions (including miscarriage, pregnancy termination, complications, recovery, and lactation)

Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations such as modified work schedules, seating modifications, temporary transfers, and break time for expressing breast milk, unless doing so would impose undue hardship

Mandates that pregnant employees receive leave of absence for pregnancy-related disability and be allowed to return to the same or similar job with at least the same pay

Creates a private right of action allowing aggrieved individuals to file civil lawsuits within three years, with courts authorized to award back pay, reinstatement, compensatory damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees

Adds pregnancy-related conditions to the state's disability discrimination protections and authorizes the Civil Rights Division to investigate pregnancy discrimination charges