POTTSTOWN — The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the addition of two new members to its staff. The new staff members will help the chamber “with daily operations
It also prevents employers from retaliating against women and specifies that businesses still do have to follow federal laws which require them in certain circumstances to provide the same accommodations for pregnant people as they do for injuries.
This was the second legislative session Holcomb strongly advocated for a bill requiring companies to provide accommodations to pregnant workers, but only House Enrolled Act 1309 moved forward. While I have pushed for different language to become law in each of the last two sessions, I agree with members from both sides of the aisle that voted in favor of the bill as a step forward in assisting pregnant women in the workforce, Holcomb said in a statement. I’ll always be looking for ways to continue making progress on this and every other front when it comes to removing barriers to work in the workplace.”
Legislation allowing women to ask for pregnancy accommodations but not requiring business to provide them is on its way to Gov. Eric Holcomb s desk.
However, he s indicated he will sign the act.
“While I have pushed for different language to become law in each of the last two sessions, I agree with members from both sides of the aisle that voted in favor of the bill as a step forward in assisting pregnant women in the workforce, Holcomb said in a statement. I’ll always be looking for ways to continue making progress on this and every other front when it comes to removing barriers to work in the workplace.”
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The Fight For Guaranteed Pregnant Worker Accommodations
April 06, 2021
There s a bill at the Indiana Statehouse that would make employers respond to requests for accommodations by pregnant employees. But responding to a request doesn t mean it s a guarantee they ll get it.
Today we talk to the representative behind the bill to find out what impact it would have. We find out why pregnant worker legislation in Indiana has failed in recent years, and why some who want more protections see this new bill as nothing more than a symbolic gesture.
Produced by Drew Daudelin.
Pregnant worker protections short of Indiana governor s goal
TOM DAVIES, Associated Press
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Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, speaks during a news conference at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Supporters of boosting Indiana s cigarette tax expressed frustration Friday after Bray said Senate Republicans would not include the tax increase in their state budget plan being released next week.Tom Davies/AP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana legislators are turning aside for the second straight year an appeal from Gov. Eric Holcomb for a law requiring more businesses to provide workplace accommodations for pregnant women.
Such steps, such as longer breaks or transfers to less physical work, are cast by supporters as ways of improving Indiana’s infant mortality rate, which federal statistics show was the country’s 14th worst in 2018 with 525 infant deaths.