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Freyja May <[log in to unmask]>
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Colorado also has a breastfeeding in the workplace law, as the state bf
coalition is almost certainly aware.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0241353F121EEB82872573680056F274?open&file=1276_enr.pdf

Freyja May, Colorado



On 6/19/08, Marta Kowalska <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Naomi,
>
> This is a new law that was put in place only last year. I am not sure if it
> will be helpful in your situation, however this situation deserves a try.
>
> Good luck.
>
> NY LABOR LAW (2007)
> §  206-c. Right of nursing mothers to express breast milk. An employer
> shall provide reasonable unpaid break time or permit an employee to  use
> paid  break  time  or meal time each day to allow an employee to express
> breast milk for her nursing child for up to three years following  child
> birth.  The employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or
> other location, in close proximity to the work area, where an employee can
> express milk in privacy. No employer shall discriminate in any way against
> an employee who chooses to express breast milk in the work place.
>
> Marta Kowalska, MPH, CLC
> Breastfeeding Initiative Coordinator
> Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health
>
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