CACI No. 2581. Pregnancy Discrimination - “Reasonable Accommodation” Explained
Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (2025 edition)
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2581.Pregnancy Discrimination - “Reasonable Accommodation”
Explained
A “reasonable accommodation” is a reasonable change to the work
environment or the way a job is usually done that allows an employee
with a condition related to [pregnancy/[,/or] childbirth/[,/or] [related
conditions]] to perform the essential duties of the job.
Reasonable accommodations may include the following:
a. Changing work schedules;
b. Providing furniture like a stool or chair or modifying equipment
or devices;
c. Permitting longer or more frequent breaks;
d. Changing workplace practices or policies;
e. Reassigning the employee temporarily to an open position that is
less strenuous or less hazardous;
f. Changing job responsibilities; [or]
g. Providing a reasonable amount of break time and a private space
for lactation[./; or]
[h. [Specify other reasonable accommodation particular to the case].]
New November 2023
Directions for Use
Give this instruction to explain “reasonable accommodation” as used in CACI No.
2580, Pregnancy Discrimination - Failure to Accommodate - Essential Factual
Elements.
Sources and Authority
• Employer Obligation to Make Reasonable Accommodation. Government Code
section 12945(a).
• “Reasonable Accommodation” Defined. Government Code section 12926(p).
• “Reasonable Accommodation” Defined. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, §§ 11035(s),
11040.
Secondary Sources
8 Witkin Summary of California Law (11th ed. 2017) Constitutional Law, § 1034
11 California Forms of Pleading and Practice, Ch. 115, Civil Rights: Employment
Discrimination, § 115.22 (Matthew Bender)
1 Wilcox, California Employment Law, Ch. 8, Leaves of Absence, §§ 8.10-8.12
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(Matthew Bender)
3 Wilcox, California Employment Law, Ch. 43, California Fair Employment and
Housing Act, § 43.01 (Matthew Bender)
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