Nursing Mothers-Workplace Accommodations

For the purposes of this Section, employer means a person or entity that employs one

(1)or more employees.

(a)An employer must provide reasonable paid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for an infant child up to the age of two (2). The break time must, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. An employer is required to provide reasonable break time under this Chapter.

(b)An employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where the employee can express her milk in privacy.

(c)An employer may not discriminate – meaning to restrict, harass or penalize – against an employee who chooses to express breast milk in the workplace.