Sec. 3. (a) An employee may request, in writing, an accommodation relating to the employee’s pregnancy from her employer.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-9-12-3

  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
     (b) An employer must respond to an employee’s request under subsection (a) within a reasonable time.

     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a request for an accommodation under subsection (a) does not:

(1) require an employer to provide an accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy; or

(2) impose a duty or obligation upon the employer to provide an accommodation or an exception to the employer’s policies;

unless existing federal or state laws require that an accommodation must be made.

As added by P.L.87-2021, SEC.1.