Until a baby reaches their first birthday nursing moms may take time to get to the lactation room as well as the time needed for pumping sessions.
Lactation room law.
It must be completely private so that no one can see inside the space and no one is able to enter the space while it is being used.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk section 7 of the flsa.
Needs and benefits of the lactation room law in addition to creating a private space where breastfeeding employees can pump milk employers must also provide reasonable break time for them to do so.
Pennsylvania state law also exempts breastfeeding mothers from public indecency laws.
Lactation accommodations local law 185 and local law 186 both passed in 2018 require that employers provide employees with lactation accommodations including a lactation room where employees can pump express breast milk and reasonable time to pump express breast milk.
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.
Lactation accommodation pursuant to labor code section 1030 every employer including the state and any political subdivision must provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee s infant child.
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.
It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk.
Specifically the federal lactation room law states that any covered employer under the flsa must provide its non exempt employees with reasonable break time for a period of one year after the.
The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom.