Florida Senate - 2013                       CS for CS for SB 774
       
       
       
       By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Commerce and Tourism; and Senators Thompson, Clemens, Soto,
       Sobel, Joyner, Abruzzo, Margolis, Ring, Gibson, Braynon, and
       Detert
       
       585-03442-13                                           2013774c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to discrimination; amending s. 760.10,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting employment discrimination on the
    4         basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical
    5         condition; providing an exception for certain
    6         benefits; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (1) of
   11  section 760.10, Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         760.10 Unlawful employment practices.—
   13         (1) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer:
   14         (c) To discharge or to fail or refuse to hire an
   15  individual, or otherwise to discriminate against an individual
   16  with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges
   17  of employment, because of or on the basis of pregnancy,
   18  childbirth, or a related medical condition. A woman affected by
   19  pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition shall be
   20  treated the same for all employment-related purposes, including
   21  receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as other
   22  persons not so affected but similar in their ability or
   23  inability to work. This paragraph does not require an employer
   24  to pay health insurance benefits for abortion.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.