This seemed like a positive step:

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/publ-rel/html/2008/pr022908.htm

> Two state agencies have joined forces to offer a 
> “Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award” to employers whose policies 
> encourage new mothers to continue breastfeeding their babies after 
> they return to work.
>
> This newly-formed partnership between the Departments of Health and 
> Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and Business and Economic Development (DBED) is 
> designed to keep mothers and their babies healthier while also 
> curtailing workforce absenteeism. Employers can earn the 
> Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award by providing mothers with 
> adequate break time and a private, quiet area to pump and store breast 
> milk.
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Click on the hot-link\s in the press release
http://www.fha.state.md.us/mch/breastfeeding/
for some useful details such as the "Employer Toolkit,"
http://www.fha.state.md.us/mch/breastfeeding/html/employer_toolkit.cfm
which includes a list of how an employer benefits from helping a mother 
continue to breastfeed (useful ammunition for a pregnant mother 
negotiating her return to work) and a checklist for how to set up a 
lactation room.

Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC
Maryland, USA

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