EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Pub. L. 117-328) (PWFA). The PWFA is codified at 42 U.S.C. 2000gg. The PWFA, which is administered and enforced by the EEOC, requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations

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An Act To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act

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