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House passes bill requiring reasonable workplace accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions
Summary
The House passed a substituted version of Senate Bill 59 requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for limitations arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions unless doing so would pose an undue hardship; the measure passed 59-15 after sponsor Q&A over scope and alignment with existing law.
The Utah House on Friday passed first substitute Senate Bill 59, a measure that requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for limitations arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions unless doing so would pose an undue hardship.
Representative Edwards, the House sponsor, said the bill "requires employers to simply provide reasonable accommodations for limitations arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related…
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