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Council amends pregnancy-accommodations ordinance to remove criminal penalties, extends employer response time
Summary
The Baltimore City Council’s Labor and Workforce Committee reported favorable amendments to a pregnancy-accommodations bill that extend employer response time to 10 days, permit electronic posting of policies under conditions, and replace criminal penalties with civil enforcement and a $1,000 fine.
Baltimore City Council members on Oct. 27 advanced City Council Bill 25-0051 (labor and employment, pregnancy accommodations) with committee amendments that alter enforcement and compliance timelines.
Chair Jones, reporting for the Labor and Workforce Committee, summarized the committee’s amendments: the time an employer has to respond to an employee’s request for accommodation is changed from 5 days to 10 days; employers may provide an electronic copy of the accommodation policy if they will furnish a paper copy on request and the employee confirms receipt; the bill’s criminal penalty provision was struck; and enforcement was clarified as a civil matter allowing citations and a $1,000 fine. "Amendment 3, it strikes the criminal penalty established ... and the last amendment ... removes criminal penalties and makes the bill enforceable by civil citation," Chair Jones said.
Members voted to adopt the committee amendments and the chair moved the bill "in favor go as amended." With no further debate, the bill was approved in committee and printed for third reading.
Provenance: Committee amendments and votes are recorded beginning at 00:16:12 through the adoption at 00:17:51.
