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HB 4284 Text
Enrolled Version - Final Version House Bill 4284 History
H. B. 4284
(By Delegates Perdue, Fleischauer, Barrett,
Caputo, Guthrie, Kinsey, Lawrence, Manchin,
Skinner, Sponaugle and Young)
[Passed March 6, 2014; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §5-11B-1, §5-11B-2, §5-11B-3, §5-11B-4, §5-11B-5, §5-11B-6 and §5-11B-7, all relating to creating the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act; defining unlawful employment practices; establishing remedies and enforcement for discriminatory conduct; authorizing rule-making by the West Virginia Human Rights Commission; establishing the relationship of the article to other laws; and requiring a report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §5-11B-1, §5-11B-2, §5-11B-3, §5-11B-4, §5-11B-5, §5-11B-6 and §5-11B-7, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 11B. PREGNANT WORKERS’ FAIRNESS ACT.
This article may be cited as the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
(1) Not make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of a job applicant or employee, following delivery by the applicant or employee of written documentation from the applicant’s or employee’s health care provider that specifies the applicant’s or employee’s limitations and suggesting what accommodations would address those limitations, unless such covered entity can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of such covered entity;
(1) “Attorney General” means the West Virginia Attorney General;
(2) “Commission” means the West Virginia Human Rights Commission;
(3) “Covered entity” has the meaning given the word employer in section three, article eleven of this chapter;
(4) “Person” has the meaning given the word in section three, article eleven of this chapter; and
(5) “Reasonable accommodation” and “undue hardship” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111) and shall be construed as such terms have been construed under such Act and as set forth in the rules required by this article.
The Commission shall annually on October 1 of each year report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on the number of complaints filed under this article during the pervious year and their resolution.