I wrote to Totes/Isotoner with my response to their having fired an employee for taking breaks to pump her breastmilk.   This is the response I received:
Thank you for your note and concerns regarding the Ohio Supreme Court
Ruling regarding the termination of a temporary employee.

As a matter of policy, totes»ISOTONER is not able to provide specific
information surrounding the employment circumstances of any employee. 
What we can share is that based on the circumstances involved with this
specific temporary employee, the totes»ISOTONER employment decision has
been supported by the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, the Ohio
Court of Appeals for the 12th District and the Ohio Supreme Court.  And
while we cannot specifically address the Ohio Supreme Court Ruling, we
can share several of our workplace practices: 

·	totes»ISOTONER absolutely supports employees, whether full-time,
part-time, or temporary, who are also nursing mothers.

·	totes»ISOTONER does provide time for nursing mothers to pump
their breast milk and many employees have taken advantage of this
accommodation.  In the case presented to the Supreme Court, we did
provide this accommodation.

·	totes»ISOTONER is a company committed to supporting our
employees.  Because females account for approximately 70% of our work
force, we are very attuned to and supportive of the needs of working
mothers. 

Again, thank you for your note and expressing your views on this issue.
We take great pride in our culture of being a family oriented company,
and can only indicate there were other factors involved in this
particular situation which led to the company’s decision in this case.
We appreciate your having been a customer in the past and hope you will
reconsider your decision in this regard going forward.  

Kristeen Rogers, RN, IBCLC

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