Category: PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Two McDonald’s employees, with other similarly situated employees, filed a lawsuit on February 14, 2024 against McDonald’s USA, LLC, MBM Management, Harold T. Clark, LLC, and ABC Corporations, alleging violations of the PUMP Act in the federal district court of Illinois.  The lawsuit alleged that the two employees were told they would be provided accommodations afforded under the PUMP Act to express breast milk but were not provided...

In this third blog post on the PUMP Act (my earlier posts can be read here), I share the key takeaways from the Department of Labor's (DOL) recently released Field Assistance Bulletin that provides additional clarification on how this new law is to be applied. As a reminder, the PUMP Act (the Act) expands lactation protections for nursing mothers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, in that employers are required to provide nursing mothers with a...