{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1231.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1231.03","heading":"Prohibitions.","body":"An employer shall not:\n\n(1)\nRefuse to make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, or breastfeeding for an employee, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship;\n\n(2)\nTake an adverse action against an employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation in regard to the employee's conditions or privileges of employment, including failing to reinstate the employee when the need for reasonable accommodations ceases to the employee's original job or to an equivalent position with equivalent:\n(A)\nPay;\n(B)\nAccumulated seniority and retirement:\n(C)\nBenefits; and\n(D)\nOther applicable service credits;\n\n(3)\nDeny employment opportunities to an employee, or a job applicant, if the denial is based on the need of the employer to make reasonable accommodations to the known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, or breastfeeding;\n\n(4)\nRequire an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, or breastfeeding to accept an accommodation that the employee chooses not to accept if the employee does not have a known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, or breastfeeding or the accommodation is not necessary for the employee to perform her duties;\n\n(5)\nRequire an employee to take leave if a reasonable accommodation can be provided; or\n\n(6)\nTake an adverse action against an employee who has been absent from work as a result of a pregnancy-related condition, including a pre-birth complication.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 12A. Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant and Nursing Workers."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1231.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1c2946d2d95da6bce3cbeb19705eab83eca00ce7b039f5e3b79ee57769235dee","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1231.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1231.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}