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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Amendment of Procedural and Administrative Regulations to Include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) intends to issue an interim final rule to amend some of its existing regulations to include references to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires covered employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" to a qualified worker&rsquo;s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an "undue hardship."</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>29 CFR 1601 to 1603</CFR>
            <CFR>29 CFR 1610 to 1611</CFR>
            <CFR>29 CFR 1614</CFR>
            <CFR>29 CFR 1626</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Kathleen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Oram</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant Legal Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3046</CODE>
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                <PHONE>202 921-3240</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>kathleen.oram@eeoc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>131 M Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20507</ZIP>
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