BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 2404: Workplace pregnancy accom.

Requiring reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women.

Summary

Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to employees with pregnancy-related or childbirth-related health conditions, with written certification from the employee's health care provider, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer's business.
Provides that an employer may not claim undue hardship for certain accommodations.
Requires the employer and employee to engage in an interactive process when the employee requests an accommodation and requires the Department of Labor and Industries to investigate complaints.

From the House Bill Analysis 2016 (HB 2404), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Mar 10, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 13, 2016First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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