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Baltimore, MD: Requirement for Pregnancy Accommodations in Effect for Employers

As of January 10, 2026, Ordinance 25‑078 requires Baltimore employers with two or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, recovery from pregnancy, or a related condition. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to: (1) offering an eligible employee more frequent or longer breaks; (2) acquiring or modifying accessible equipment or seating; (3) temporarily transferring an eligible individual to a less strenuous or hazardous position, if available, with return to the current position after pregnancy or recovery; (4) restructuring of an eligible individual’s job; (5) assigning an eligible individual light duty; (6) providing an eligible individual with assistance for manual labor; and (7) allowing an eligible employee to take a modified work schedule. Employees have protections from adverse actions for requesting or using a reasonable accommodation. Employers are also required to develop and implement a written pregnancy accommodation policy and include it in a handbook, if one is provided.

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