Lactation Room Law Pennsylvania

State breastfeeding laws additional resources request for information on break time for nursing mothers federal register 75.

Lactation room law pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania state law also exempts breastfeeding mothers from public indecency laws. Breastfeeding and lactation program 215 590 4442. 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. Some states may also have laws that impact breastfeeding mothers.

Available to faculty and staff with id access. Articles on the topic of lactation breaks rooms in the workplace. Colket translational research building. 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.

80073 80079 december 21 2010. However pennsylvania does not. New jersey s law against discrimination njlad extends the protection afforded by the aca to employers of all sizes not just those with more than 50 staffers. 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.

Rooms 2015 10035a 2 mamava lactation pod on floors 2 and 11. Laws public act 99 228 2015 creates the lactation accommodation in airports act and requires that airport managers to provide a room or other location space at each airport terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in private. It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk. Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal counsel for compliance with applicable law and.

The society for college and university planning scup and the university of pennsylvania school of nursing collaborated in a nationwide study to explore lactation policy and facilities in us colleges and universities. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom. We hope our website will give you the resources and tools you need to promote and support breastfeeding in your community. This notice is a request for information from the public regarding the recent amendment to the flsa that requires employers to provide reasonable break time and a place for nursing.

The fair labor standards act was amended in 2010 to require employers to provide reasonable break time and a private place for nursing mothers to express milk while at work.