Hello everyone,
I received this note from an LC friend who is not on lactnet, but
would like to share in your wisdom on this problem. We have her and
mom's permission to post.
Please send your responses and wisdom to Marry Tagge ([log in to unmask]
) as well as to the list, since I'm sure others will be interested as
well.
Thanks,
Naomi
Today I received a distress call from a mom required by her job to
travel to New York for 2 weeks, and she was told if she didn’t go she
would be fired. She had arranged to have a family member come to care
for the baby and stay in her room, and was told by her employer she
would have to pay for her own room. I suggested she try to find out
what the corporate policy is on someone other than the employee in the
hotel room, and what the corporate policy is on family leave, such as
for medical needs. Her boss took time off to care for an ill child,
yet this mom is penalized for attempting to take time to pump for her
child on her breaks. (The child is 10 months old, which is still a
very fragile age to be separated from mom for 2 weeks). The mom has
already been written up and put on probation for a prior business trip
where she took a childcare provider with her, mom attended every
session, performed at very high levels, and the situation was brought
up somehow after the fact.
I need your help! What can you offer for this mom, particularly
regarding laws in New York? She lives here in CO, but her company is
based out of NY, and she will be in NY. Her trip is scheduled for
late July. She requested contact persons/information about her legal
rights, and hope you can help her. I referred her to the USBC
website, the WIC breastfeeding Coordinator here in Denver at the state
health dept., the chair of our state brf coalition, two persons
working on the milkbank startup in New England, and a member of HMBANA
who has been a rep to the USBC for many years.
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England
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617-964-6676
www.milkbankne.org
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