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DOL Releases Fact Sheet on Break Times for Nursing Mothers Under FLSA

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Connecticut employers have long since had to deal with Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-40w which has stated that every employee who wishes to express breast milk or breastfeed at work can do so during a meal or rest period. Employers are obligated to find a suitable room or other location (other than a toilet stall) where the… Continue Reading

New Health Care Bill Adds Federal Rights Regarding Lactation / Breast Pumping in Workplace; Conn. Law Unchanged

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

UPDATED Credit Molly DiBianca at Delaware Employment Law Blog and Fitzpatrick on Employment Law for highlighting a little-known provision that was passed in the health care law.  As summarized by Molly: Section 4207, titled, Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Because it is born to the FLSA, its… Continue Reading

Bring Your Baby to Work Day…Everyday?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

In the workplace, there good ideas, bad ideas, and ideas that make you scratch your head.  Reading a recent article in Time about bringing babies into work, I was hard-pressed to place it other than in the third category.  The article cites a new "institute" called the Parenting in the Workplace Institute as saying that… Continue Reading

Lactation in the Workplace – What Happens in Connecticut?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Over the last few days, the mainstream press and blogosphere have been abuzz over the  Harvard Medical School student and new mother who asked for extra time during her licensing exam to express her breast milk.  Ultimately, a Massachusetts court denied Sophie Currier’s request of the National Board of Medical Examiners for the time.  The… Continue Reading