CALIFORNIA LAW PROTECTS BREAST-FEEDING EMPLOYEES AT WORK THROUGH LACTATION ACCOMMODATION FOR MOMS
Breast-feeding employees in California have the law on their side. In 2002, legislature amended the California Labor Code to require that employers provide “lactation accommodation.” This means that your employer must provide you with a reasonable amount of time to accommodate your need to provide breast milk to your infant child and to make reasonable efforts to provide you, the employee, with the use of a location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to your work area to express your milk in private. For example, a room equipped with security cameras does not offer an adequate level of privacy for a woman needing to perform the breast milking process.
If you have talked with your employer about your breast-feeding needs and your employer is not providing you with reasonable accommodations, an experienced employment attorney can help you fight for your rights as a breast-feeding female employee. Also, your employer cannot discriminate against you or harass you because of your needs, which are protected by law. Forms of discrimination might include firing you, demoting you, or not providing you with reasonable accommodations in your work place.
The experienced employment lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP are here to help you. If you are a woman in the CA work place who feels your breast milk feeding needs are not being taken seriously, or are causing your to be the victim of discrimination or harassment at work, call the legal team at Greenberg & Rudman LLP today at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) today for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and to hear how one of our lawyers may be able to help you.
