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United States Breastfeeding Committee
Employee's Guide to Breastfeeding and Working
Congratulations for making the healthy choice to breastfeed your baby! Mothers
everywhere have found that they can continue to give their babies important
health benefits even after they return to work. This booklet will help you take
those first steps back to your working life.
Get your copy
The Business Case For Breastfeeding: Employee's Guide to Breastfeeding
and Working (PDF, 2.15 MB)
The Affordable Care Act amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to require
employers to provide “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast
milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth each time such
employee has need to express the milk.” Employers are also required to provide
“a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from
intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to
express breast milk.”! Here is a link to the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, the place
where a mother may file a complaint if she feels that she has not been afforded
the proper time or place for milk expression as guaranteed under the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
http://www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/howtofilecomplaint.htm
Department of Labor’s “Fact Sheet” addressing the new law.