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Effective October 1, 2017, employers with 15 or more employees need to provide a reasonable accommodation to a female employee or job applicant for a condition relating to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the business.
Accommodations could include the following:
This list is not all inclusive.
If you grant leave to your employees for sickness or disability because of a medical condition, you are to provide such leave for a condition relating to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
When an employee requests an accommodation, you are to engage in an interactive process to determine a reasonable accommodation. You may require an employee to provide an explanatory statement from her doctor concerning a suggested accommodation.
Effective June 2, 2017, employers are to provide notice to employees regarding their rights. This notice is to be given to new employees, to an employee within 10 days of her indicating that she is pregnant, and the notice is to be posted.
Contact
Nevada Equal Rights Commission
Regulations
Nevada Revised Statutes Title 18, State Executive Department, Chapter 233, Governor
Nevada Administrative Code Chapter 233
Nevada Revised Statutes, Title 53 — Labor and Industrial Relations, Chapter 613 — Employment Practices, §613.335 — Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act
Contact
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Regulations
Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Public Law 95-555, 92 Stat. 2076 (1978)
29 CFR Parts 1604.10, Employment policies relating to pregnancy and childbirth.
Appendix A to Part 1604, Questions and Answers on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Public Law 95-555, 92 Stat. 2076 (1978)