Pregnant Women in New York City Now Entitled to Greater Legal Protections from Discrimination

New York City just passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. In a nutshell, the Act requires employers to give reasonable accommodations to pregnant women on the job. Under most such laws, pregnancy by itself is not considered a disability that would entitle someone to any accommodations on the job but only becomes a disability if it is accompanied by an additional medical condition. This law is quite progressive then as far as these laws go. Only 7 states (AK, CA, CT, HI, IL, LA, and TX) have similar laws at the state level. And at the federal level, a similar law, the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, was introduced in Congress in May of this year but has not passed.

New York City Passes Law To Protect Pregnant Workers From Discrimination - Think Progress