LACTATION BREAKS​

Effective March 23, 2010, this federal law requires employers to provide break time and a place for most hourly wage-earning and some salaried employees (nonexempt workers) to express breast milk at work. The law states that employers must provide a “reasonable” amount of time and that they must provide a private space other than a bathroom. They are required to provide this until the employee’s baby turns one year old.

yOUR rIGHTS AS A WORKER

The California Department of Industrial Relations Labor Enforcement Task Force has created a comprehensive yet brief booklet with an overview of your rights as a worker.