Department of Labor Issues Resources On Nursing Mother Protections

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
03/03/2023
As I blogged about earlier last month, the DOL issued amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act that significantly expanded the obligations to provide lactation accommodations and other protections for nursing mothers (the Providing Urgent Material Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act).  Briefly, employers must provide reasonable break time as needed and a private place, other than a bathroom, for nursing mothers to express breast milk for...
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New Federal Protections For Nursing Mothers

Beyond the Pregnant Fairness Workers Act, which we discussed last week on our blog, the Consolidated Appropriates Act (which takes effect on June 23, 2023) also includes the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act).  The new law significantly expands existing lactation accommodations/protections for nursing mothers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and took effect on December 29, 2022, which changes to...
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Lactating KFC Employee Able To Use Denial Of Proper Place To Express Milk As Evidence In Her Sex Harassment Claims

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to one year after the child's birth.  Employers are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.  While a potential violation of the FLSA...
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