Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A pregnant woman is covered by a participation exemption for the period that starts 6 weeks before the woman's expected date of confinement and ends on the day on which the woman gives birth to the child (whether or not the child is born alive).
(2) If a woman gives birth to a child (whether or not the child
is born alive), the woman is covered by a participation exemption for the
period that starts on the day on which she gives birth to the child and ends 6
weeks after that day.