The agency that enforces the pregnancy workers law may shrink the list of covered conditions, which could affect abortion and fertility treatment requests at work.
The agency that enforces a federal law protecting pregnant workers is considering narrowing it. If it does, abortion, fertility treatment and other reproductive health conditions could lose workplace coverage, according to a report from Inc.
The law covers workplace accommodations, which are changes an employer makes so a worker can handle a health need and keep working. Examples include adjusting a schedule or changing duties. The EEOC is looking at making the list of covered conditions shorter.
If that happens, employers could have fewer duties to make those adjustments for the conditions that drop off the list. That matters to both sides. Business owners may face fewer required changes. Workers may find that a request for time off or a changed schedule for reproductive care no longer has the same legal backing.
The material available does not say when a change could take effect, which conditions would be removed, or whether the plan is final. At this stage the agency is considering the change. Nothing in the report says the current rules have already changed.
Owners and employees who rely on these protections may want to watch for the agency's decision before changing workplace policies or making plans around a request.
Nothing has changed yet, but the list of reproductive health needs covered at work could shrink, so watch for the agency's decision.
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