Hi, don't know all the facts, but I try to follow what is going on legally when it comes to breastpumping (feeding) breaks. For I ended up quitting my job over these problems,3 years ago. (Should have been sooner, not later.) And I will send a framed copy of the legislation to my former employer when a law does, finally, pass. Anyway, I think, so far, Minnesota is the only state where it is written that an employer must allow time for a mother to pump or breastfeed during her work day. But not a paid break. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has a bill pending in Congress trying to get employers to allow break time for the returning mothers. We all need to keep those letters to our State Representatives and Congressman sent periodically to let them know that this is an issue we don't want to be buried under all of the other legislation that is being ignored. Last I heard in Ohio, our legislators wouldn't pass a bill allowing breastfeeding in public. They were worried that (heaven forbid!) they might see a woman breastfeeding in a 5 star restaurant or Church! So, they were going to simply downscale it to a public indecency line where a woman wouldn't be arrested for her nipple showing while breastfeeding. I don't know if that ever went anywhere or not. I have heard that sometimes the best way,(even though we don't want to hide what we are doing), is to take a restroom break and pump while we are gone, with no mention of the pumping. Smokers don't always announce their true reason for slipping away. Some mothers encounter less problems by not letting co-workers and employers know what they are doing. (I didn't hear this advice until I started taking all of my Breastfeeding Education Courses) I will look up Rep. Maloney's website address for you also. Cheryl Dawn Marian, CLC, CLE Alliance, OH *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html