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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In this section, “limitation” includes:
(1) a temporary disability for job-related purposes caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; and
(2) a restriction on the ability of an employee to perform job functions caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth.
(b) This section applies to all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including all units with independent personnel systems.
(c) A unit of State government, through its appropriate officers and employees, shall provide reasonable accommodations to an employee with a limitation caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth, including by:
(1) changing the employee's job duties;
(2) changing the employee's work hours;
(3) relocating the employee's work area;
(4) providing mechanical or electrical aids;
(5) transferring the employee to a less strenuous or less hazardous position; or
(6) providing leave.
(d) A unit of State government may not:
(1) require an employee to take leave, whether paid or unpaid, if the employer can provide another reasonable accommodation for the employee's limitation caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; or
(2) require an employee to accept an accommodation that the employee chooses not to accept if:
(i) the employee does not have a limitation caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; or
(ii) the accommodation is not necessary for the employee to perform the essential duties of the employee's job.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 2-311 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/state-personnel-and-pensions/md-code-st-pers-and-pens-sect-2-311/
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