Section 285.650

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 285

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   

  285.650.  Safety accommodations — inapplicability, when. — 1.  Employers and public agencies shall make reasonable safety accommodations, in a timely manner, to the known limitations resulting from circumstances relating to being a victim of domestic or sexual violence or a family or household member being a victim of domestic or sexual violence of an otherwise qualified individual:

  (1)  Who is:

  (a)  An employee of the employer; or

  (b)  An applicant for or recipient of public assistance from a public agency; and

  (2)  Who is:

  (a)  A victim of domestic or sexual violence; or

  (b)  With a family or household member who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence whose interests are not adverse to the individual in this subdivision as it relates to the domestic violence, sexual violence, or abuse;

  2.  Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply if the employer or public agency can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer or public agency.

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(L. 2021 H.B. 432)