Utah Pregnancy Laws
Posted by Courtney
In my research on Utah Pregnancy Laws I found that the Utah has no state-level laws specifically guaranteeing job protection or benefits for new parents who work for a private company or business. However, Utah state employees may get up to 12 months of unpaid medical leave, including leave for pregnancy disability and recovery from childbirth. The worker must be given certification from a registered health that the worker is temporarily disabled.
The state’s Job Discrimination Law in the Workplace might qualify as one of the Utah Pregnancy Laws. The law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, and disability. Utah’s law also prohibits employment discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy related conditions.
The two laws passed on the federal level that guide most of the decisions surrounding Utah Pregnancy Laws are the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). President Bill Clinton signed the FMLA into law in 1993. This law guarantees that those who work for companies with 50 or more employees will get up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to care for a new baby, a newly-adopted child or a seriously ill child.
This family-oriented law also applies to seriously ill parents and recovery from the person’s own serious medical condition. The federal law allows states to set standards that are higher than federal law, but only a few states have done this.
The second federal law that applies to Utah Pregnancy Laws is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The PDA applies to employers with 15 or more employees. It is meant to protect the pregnant employee from discriminatory actions that are based on her pregnant status. This federal law was an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, stating that women affected by pregnancy or related conditions must be treated in the same manner as other applicants or employees with similar abilities or limitations.
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