Lactation Break

Time off provided during the workday to allow relatively new mothers to breastfeed or pump breast milk. Under federal law, covered employees’ right to lactation breaks were initially created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) and are now covered by the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), which amended the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) starting at the very end of 2022…