EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Pub. L. 117-328) (PWFA), as it appears in volume 42 of the United States Code, at section 2000gg. The PWFA, which is part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII), and which is administered and enforced by the EEOC, requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. Cross references to the PWFA as enacted appear in italics following each section heading. Editor's notes also appear in italics.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2000gg. [Section 102]

As used in this chapter—

• (1) the term “Commission” means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;
• (2) the term “covered entity”--
  • (A) has the meaning given the term “respondent” in section 2000e(n) of this title [section 701(n) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]; and
  • (B) includes--
    • (i) an employer, which means a person engaged in industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees as defined in section 2000e(b) of this title [section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964];
    • (ii) an employing office, as defined in section 1301 of Title 2 [section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995] and section 411(c) of title 3 [United States Code];
    • (iii) an entity employing a State employee described in section2000e-16c(a) of this title [section 304(a) of...

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