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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature has passed a bill that requires businesses to make accommodations for pregnant and breast-feeding workers.
State lawmakers last year made it illegal to discriminate against pregnant and breast-feeding women in the workplace. This year, a bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, took that a step further.
His bill, SB59, calls for employers of 15 or more people to provide "reasonable accommodations" for workers related to pregnancy, childbirth, breast-feeding and related conditions unless it creates an undue hardship on the business. Employers could ask workers to provide an explanation of their needs from a doctor.
It does not require businesses to allow employees to bring their children to work to breast-feed.
