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California’s Pregnancy Disability Laws
California employers with five or more employees may not discriminate on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. The California Fair Employment and Housing Commission’s Amended Regulations relating to the California Family Rights Act ("CFRA") together with the new Regulations relating to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions ("PDL") under the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), took effect on August 12, 1995.

The amended CFRA Regulations incorporate most of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") regulations that govern any FMLA leave, which is also a leave under the CFRA to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the CFRA, other state law or the California Constitution. The Act states that an employee who is disabled by her pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition is entitled to take a leave of up to four months. A pregnant employee also is entitled to transfer to a less strenuous position for the duration of her pregnancy under certain conditions.