Legal Updates in Business, Employment and Maritime Law
The Department of Labor recently issued a fact sheet on the break time requirement nursing mothers, which I discussed in a previous post. As a brief review, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act included a provision amending the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to
"provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast
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As part of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), the Fair Labor Standards Act has been amended to require breaks for nursing mothers. Effective immediately, employers must now provide “reasonable” breaks for nursing mothers to breastfeed or express breast milk. The amendment does not define “reasonable,” nor does it specify the…
