The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
006
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FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 495k)
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§ 495k. Accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions
(a)(1) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail to provide a reasonable
accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy-related condition, unless it would impose
an undue hardship on the employer.
(2) An employee with a pregnancy-related condition, regardless of whether the employee
is an “individual with a disability” as defined in subdivision 495d(5) of this subchapter,
shall have the same rights and be subject to the same standards with respect to the
provision of a reasonable accommodation, pursuant to this subchapter, as a qualified
individual with a disability as defined in subdivision 495d(6) of this subchapter.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the rights, privileges, or
remedies of an employee pursuant to federal or State law, a collective bargaining
agreement, or an employment contract.
(c) An employer shall post notice of the provisions of this section in a form provided
by the Commissioner in a place conspicuous to employees at the employer’s place of
business.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to indicate or deem that a pregnancy-related
condition necessarily constitutes a disability. (Added 2017, No. 21, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.)