Rule2024-11611
Amendment of Procedural and Administrative Regulations To Include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; Corrections
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Published
May 28, 2024
Effective
May 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Abstract
On February 14, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Commission") published an interim final rule amending its procedural and recordkeeping regulations to include references to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA"). That document included a few references to the PWFA in sections where they should not have been included, and this document removes those references from the regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11611]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
29 CFR Part 1602
RIN 3046-AB31
Amendment of Procedural and Administrative Regulations To Include
the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; Corrections
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: On February 14, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (``EEOC'' or ``Commission'') published an interim final rule
amending its procedural and recordkeeping regulations to include
references to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (``PWFA''). That
document included a few references to the PWFA in sections where they
should not have been included, and this document removes those
references from the regulations.
DATES: Effective on May 28, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal
Counsel, at (202) 921-3240 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f747e6b77737a7a7131706d7e725f7a7a707c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e18a8095898d84848fcf8e93808ca184848e82cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>. Requests for this
notification in an alternative format should be made to the Office of
Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921-3191 (voice), (800)
669-6820 (TTY), or (844) 234-5122 (ASL Video Phone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, 42 U.S.C.
2000gg et seq., became law on December 29, 2022, and was effective on
June 27, 2023. The PWFA at 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2, adopted the enforcement
mechanisms and procedures of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(``Title VII'') and the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991
(``GERA''), such that these requirements also apply to the PWFA. The
Commission's procedural rules implementing all of these Title VII and
GERA provisions can be found at 29 CFR parts 1601-1603, 1610, 1611,
1614, and 1626.
On February 14, 2024, the Commission issued an interim final rule
amending these regulations to add references to the PWFA in order to
implement the new law. See Interim Final Rule; Request for Comments, 89
FR 11167.\1\ In the Interim Final Rule, references to the PWFA were
inadvertently added to four subsections pertaining to recordkeeping in
part 1602 without the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') supporting
materials pursuant to 29 CFR 1320.11, or the opportunity for a public
hearing pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c) (as incorporated into the PWFA
by 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2). Therefore, the addition of PWFA references to
these four subsections was not effective, and this correction removes
them. These four subsections are the only parts of the interim final
rule to be changed here, and the remainder of the rule remains in
effect.
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\1\ The Commission corrected two typographical errors in the
interim final rule on February 23, 2024, at 89 FR 13617.
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List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1602
Administrative practice and procedure, Equal employment
opportunity.
Accordingly, 29 CFR part 1602 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 1602--RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TITLE
VII, THE ADA, GINA, AND THE PWFA
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1. The authority citation for part 1602 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8, 2000e-12; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.;
42 U.S.C. 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2.
Sec. Sec. 1602.14, 1602.21, 1602.28, and 1602.31 [Amended]
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2. Removing the words ``title VII, the ADA, GINA, or the PWFA'' and
adding in their place the words ``title VII, the ADA, or GINA''
wherever they appear in the following places:
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a. Sec. 1602.14;
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b. Sec. 1602.21(b);
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c. Sec. 1602.28(a); and
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d. Sec. 1602.31.
For the Commission.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-11611 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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