An Act To Further Protect Pregnant Women under the Maine Human Rights Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4572-A, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Reasonable accommodations for pregnant women. It is unlawful employment discrimination in violation of this Act except where based on a bona fide occupational qualification for a covered entity to fail to provide to an employee who is pregnant the same reasonable accommodations applicable to a qualified individual with a disability under section 4572.
SUMMARY
This bill provides that it is unlawful employment discrimination under the Maine Human Rights Act for a covered entity to fail to provide an employee who is pregnant the same reasonable accommodations applicable to a qualified individual with a disability.