Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B § 4

Citation: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B § 4
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter151B/Section4 ↗

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(iii) require an employee affected by pregnancy, or require said employee affected by a condition related to the pregnancy, including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child, to accept an accommodation that the employee chooses not to accept, if that accommodation is unnecessary to enable the employee to perform the essential functions of the job;

(iv) require an employee to take a leave if another reasonable accommodation may be provided for the known conditions related to the employee's pregnancy, including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child, without undue hardship on the employer's program, enterprise or business;

(v) refuse to hire a person who is pregnant because of the pregnancy or because of a condition related to the person's pregnancy, including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child; provided, however, that the person is capable of performing the essential functions of the position with a reasonable accommodation and that reasonable accommodation would not impose an undue hardship, demonstrated by the employer, on the employer's program, enterprise or business.

(b) As used in this subsection, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: