What rights do nursing mothers have in the workplace?

The federal Break Time for Nursing Mothers law requires employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to provide basic accommodations for breastfeeding mothers at work. These accommodations include time for women to express milk and a private space that is not a bathroom each time they need to pump.

Are employers required to provide facilities for breastfeeding mothers returning to work?

Workplace regulations require employers to provide suitable facilities where pregnant and breastfeeding mothers can rest. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that it’s good practice for employers to provide a private, healthy and safe environment for breastfeeding mothers to express and store milk.

Is it legal to breastfeed in public at work?

These tips for breastfeeding in public can help you feel more comfortable. In most workplaces, women have the right to pump at work. The federal Break Time for Nursing Mothers law requires certain employers to provide breastfeeding moms time and space to pump. Specifically, this means:

How to accommodate breastfeeding employees in the workplace?

Download the Acas advice booklet on accommodating breastfeeding employees in the workplace. Guidance on what employers are required to do by law, what’s good practice and how to support an employee returning to work after maternity leave. Find out how to request this document in a different format.

When did breast milk become legal at work?

Effective March 23, 2010, this federal law requires employers to provide break time and a place for most hourly wage-earning and some salaried employees (nonexempt workers) to express breast milk at work. The law states that employers must provide a “reasonable” amount of time and that they must provide a private space other than a bathroom.

When to take a break from breastfeeding at work?

A reasonable break time to pump each time you need to express milk while you’re working. This law covers most hourly and some salaried employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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