Three-fourths of women entering the workforce today will become pregnant while they are employed. Meanwhile, complaints of pregnancy discrimination have increased 30 percent since 2005. Beginning next year, however, women in California will be entitled to new protections at work, and they will no longer lose their health insurance when they need it most — when they are having a baby.
On Oct. 6, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 299, authored by Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa. The new law requires employers in California with at least five employees to continue health insurance coverage for pregnant women who are on leave from work for pregnancy, childbirth or related disabilities. In addition to SB 299, Brown also signed SB 222 and AB 210, which together require every individual and group health insurance plan to cover maternity services.
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