---
type: threshold
id: pregnancy-discrimination-act-pda
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees
source_quote: "Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) The <https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-preg.cfm> Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires you to treat employees who are pregnant or recently went through childbirth the same as any other applicant or employee regarding their ability or inability to work. Unequal treatment is considered unlawful sex discrimination."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)"
full_name: "Pregnancy Discrimination Act"
employee_threshold: "15"
requirement: "The <https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-preg.cfm> Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires you to treat employees who are pregnant or recently went through childbirth the same as any other applicant or employee regarding their ability or inability to work. Unequal treatment is considered unlawful sex discrimination"
counting_note: "Unless otherwise specified, part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation"
---
**Law:** Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)

**Full name:** Pregnancy Discrimination Act

**Employee threshold:** 15

**Requirement:** The <https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-preg.cfm> Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires you to treat employees who are pregnant or recently went through childbirth the same as any other applicant or employee regarding their ability or inability to work. Unequal treatment is considered unlawful sex discrimination

**Counting note:** Unless otherwise specified, part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation

> Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) The <https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-preg.cfm> Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires you to treat employees who are pregnant or recently went through childbirth the same as any other applicant or employee regarding their ability or inability to work. Unequal treatment is considered unlawful sex discrimination.

Source: <https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees>