Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Maryland enacts law requiring reasonable accommodations for disabilities due to pregnancy

Lexology

Arent Fox LLP
  • Michael L. Stevens
  • USA
  • May 30 2013
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    Maryland has enacted the “Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities Due to Pregnancy Act,” which becomes effective October 1, 2013. The Act is a game changer for Maryland employers with 15 or more employees.
    The Act makes it unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to make a reasonable accommodation for the known disability of an otherwise qualified employee whose disability is caused or contributed to by pregnancy and does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.

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