Lactation Room Law

Lactation accommodation pursuant to labor code section 1030 every employer including the state and any political subdivision must provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee s infant child.

Lactation room law.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk section 7 of the flsa. Until a baby reaches their first birthday nursing moms may take time to get to the lactation room as well as the time needed for pumping sessions. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom. Needs and benefits of the lactation room law in addition to creating a private space where breastfeeding employees can pump milk employers must also provide reasonable break time for them to do so.

In 2018 pennsylvania s department of general services created a policy requiring all new state owned and leased buildings to have at least one lactation space for nursing mothers. 55 5 5 1106 2018 provides that on or before june 1 2019 every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that is located outside the confines of a restroom and includes at minimum a chair a table and an electrical outlet as well as a sink with running water where possible. It must be completely private so that no one can see inside the space and no one is able to enter the space while it is being used. 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.

Pennsylvania state law also exempts breastfeeding mothers from public indecency laws. Specifically the federal lactation room law states that any covered employer under the flsa must provide its non exempt employees with reasonable break time for a period of one year after the. These accommodations include time for women to express milk and a private space that is not a bathroom each time they need to pump.