Google skills are about all you need to look up state law, but I am going
to suggest you visit the U. S. Breastfeeding Cmte's website, which is
awesome, to find out:
(1) the *federal* law regarding pump breaks,
http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/workplace-law, and
(2) state-by-state laws impacting lactating empoyees.
http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/p/cm/ld/fid=232.
This will get you started. We all know that a right without a remedy is no
right at all, and the enforcement mechanisms for the pump break law are
weak. And we know *many* workers are full-on, well-aware of their
"rights," yet feel disempowered to seek them, because they are hourly-wage
workers who don't want to go toe-to-toe with the boss, or they are truly
not covered by the law, or the boss has *told* them they aren't covered by
the laww when they probably are.
(3) For the employers who are whining about this, a visit to this great
site will offer TONS of helpful suggestions about how to set up a private
space for lactating employees:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/employer-solutions/
--
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
Chair, ILCA Nominations Cmte (2014-16)
Secretary, U. S. Breastfeeding Cmte (2014-16)
Director, Human Milk Banking Assn of North America (2015-18)
"IBCLCs empower women and save babies' lives!"-Ursuline Singleton
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