Wondering about your workplace breastfeeding rights? Federal law requires all employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide a reasonable break time for a breastfeeding employee to express breast milk during the first year of her child’s life. Employers are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom, where the employee can express the milk free from view and from intrusion by coworkers or the public. An employer does not have to compensate a nursing mother for break time used to express breast milk, unless she is using a break time that all employees are compensated for already. |