Reproductive Hazard. A pregnant employee assigned to work in an environment that may be harmful to the pregnancy or the fetus may request reassignment to alternate work with proper medical documentation from an appropriate medical provider substantiating the need for a reassignment, at equal pay, within her department. Such a request will not be unreasonably denied. For the purposes of this section, harmful environment includes but is not limited to exposure to toxic substance, communicable diseases, or difficult physical demands.
Reproductive Hazard. Any pregnant employee assigned to work in an environment that may be harmful to the pregnancy or to the fetus may request reassignment to alternative work, at equal pay, within her department. The supervisor shall assess the request and the situation, utilizing appropriate campus resources, to determine the level of risk and, if appropriate, shall take proper action regarding the safety of the employee including, but not limited to, an alternative assignment, provision of appropriate personal protective clothing/equipment or immediate placement on sick and/or other appropriate paid leave.
Reproductive Hazard. Reproductive hazards are substances that may cause chronic harmful effects and are classified in one of the following categories: Oncogenicity, Neurotoxicity, Tetratogenicity, and Fetotoxicity. Such chronic harmful effects occur, generally, through exposure to high doses of reproductive hazardous substances during the manufacturing or formulation process of those substances. Accordingly, any pregnant employee assigned to work in an environment that contains a reproductive hazard is entitled to request reassignment. Consistent with verification by the University of the potential hazard, operational needs and provided the reassignment does not cause undue hardship, the University shall temporarily reassign the employee for the period of the pregnancy to alternative work in the same department at the same rate of pay.
