General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6252
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1659
*01659*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6252
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1659
*01659*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PREGNANCY AND THE WORKPLACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to impose a civil rights violation on any employer that requires (1) a pregnant applicant or employee to accept an accommodation if such applicant or employee did not request such accommodation and she chooses not to accept it, or (2) a pregnant employee to take a leave of absence from her position if another reasonable accommodation cannot be provided to her.
Statement of Purpose:
To expand current law requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees due to pregnancy.