H.B. No. 707 - Pregnancy Accommodation Act

• Requires employers with four or more employees to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees' known conditions, including frequent breaks, modified schedules, seating provisions, temporary transfers to less strenuous positions, and private space to express breast milk.

• Defines "pregnancy" to include pregnancy itself, pregnancy-related illnesses, childbirth, related medical conditions, and lactation or the need to express breast milk.

• Prohibits employers from requiring pregnant employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation is available, penalizing absences under no-fault attendance policies, or taking adverse employment action for requesting accommodations.

• Exempts employers from providing accommodations only if doing so would impose undue hardship on business operations or would require hiring new employees, creating new positions, discharging employees, or compensating for breaks.

• Applies pregnancy discrimination protections to Ohio civil rights law and allows employees to file civil actions through established complaint procedures with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, with a two-year statute of limitations.