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Local Ordinance Breastfeeding Employee Rights

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New York City Amends Lactation Room Accommodation Policy Requirements

New York City recently enacted a local law amending the New York City Human Rights Law relating to an employer's obligation to implement and distribute a written lactation room accommodation policy. ...more

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Pittsburgh Expands Pregnancy Accommodations for Employees and Their Partners

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Q.  As an employer located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, what do I need to know about accommodations for pregnant employees? ...more

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New York City Commission on Human Rights Releases Lactation Policy Materials

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In compliance with legislation passed last year, the New York City Commission on Human Rights has released model lactation accommodation policies and a model lactation accommodation request form, which...more

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Lactation Law Update: New York and Illinois

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Recent developments require employers to reevaluate their lactation and nursing policies and practices to ensure that they are in compliance with newly enacted local laws in New York City and Illinois. Changes to New York...more

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New York City Lactation Room Laws To Go Into Effect

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective March 18, 2019, New York City employers will be required to ensure their lactation rooms meet additional minimum standards and implement a new policy informing employees about the existence of a...more

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Changes to New York City Lactation Room Laws Place Additional Obligations on Employers

New York City has adopted two new laws, Int. No. 879-A and Int. No. 905-A, that place additional obligations on employers to accommodate employees who choose to express milk in the workplace....more

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New York City Will Require Employers to Provide Greater Workplace Accommodations for Lactating Employees

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On November 17, 2018, Sections 8-102 and 8-107(22) of the New York City Administrative Code were amended to require employers in New York City with four or more employees to (1) provide designated lactation room(s) for...more

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New York City To Require Lactation Rooms In The Workplace

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently passed “Mother’s Day bills” will require employers to provide lactation rooms to employees expressing milk and to implement a policy informing employees about the right to a lactation room and...more

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San Francisco Regulators Provide Anticipated Guidance For Lactation Ordinance

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2017, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide a private “lactation location” where new mothers can pump their milk as well as a “lactation break”...more

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Philadelphia Requires Reasonable Accommodation of Nursing Mothers

On September 3, Philadelphia made it unlawful for an employer to fail to reasonably accommodate the need to express breast milk, where the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. ...more

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