Pregnancy Disability - Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2202

This is an anti-discrimination act that may include leave.

Covered Employers: a person who has 1 or more employees.

Employee Eligibility: All employees except those employed by their parent, spouse, or child.

Entitlement: An employer shall not treat an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition differently for any employment-related purpose from another individual who is not so affected but similar in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability to work. For purposes of this subdivision, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth does not include nontherapeutic abortion not intended to save the life of the mother.

Employer Notice: The Civil Rights Commission may require employers to post, in conspicuous places, notices setting forth compliance requirements or other information necessary to explain the law (Mich. Comp. Laws, § 37.2605 and Mich. Admin. Code, § R 37.101)

Employee Notice: Not specified.

Obligation to Provide Certifications or Documents Supporting Need for Leave: Not specified.

Paid?: Not Specified. However, an employer may not treat differently for any employment-related purpose an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition from another individual who is not so affected but similar in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability to work.

Benefits: Not Specified. However, an employer may not treat differently for any employment-related purpose an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition from another individual who is not so affected but similar in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability to work.

Reinstatement: Not Specified. However, an employer may not treat differently for any employment-related purpose an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition from another individual who is not so affected but similar in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability to work.

Other Important Definitions/Requirements: This section does not prohibit: (a) the establishment or implementation of a bona fide retirement policy or system that is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this section; (b) otherwise prohibited actions based on sex, if sex is a bona fide occupational qualification; or (c) the application of different standards of compensation or terms of employment pursuant to bona fide seniority or merit systems. (Mich. Comp. Laws, § 37.2208; Mich. Admin. Code, § R 37.25)

Absence Specification