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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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Dear Littler: Do We Have to Provide the Kitchen Sink (Literally!) to Lactating Employees?

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Dear Littler: A long-term San Francisco-based employee with our company is returning soon from maternity leave. In discussing her return date, she requested accommodations for expressing breast milk at work. After working...more

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Key Legislation Emerging from Maryland and Local Ordinances to Remember

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In Maryland this year, spring brings warm weather and new employment laws. The General Assembly passed, and Governor Larry Hogan signed, several new laws regulating the workplace. ...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 Lactation Room Requirements in NYC Going Into Effect Soon

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As many of you have probably heard, late last year, the New York City Council passed two laws that will amend the NYC Human Rights Law to expand the requirements of employers to provide lactation space for breastfeeding...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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2019 Brings Employment Law Changes for Illinois Employers

As 2018 draws to a close, state and local lawmakers in Illinois have been passing legislation that will further regulate a variety of employers’ practices. Here is a look at what Illinois employers can expect in 2019....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 Council Enacts Mandatory Lactation Accommodation for Employees, Including a Written Policy

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On October 17, 2018, as part of a set of bills known as the “Mother’s Day Bills,” the New York City Council passed two measures concerning lactation accommodation in the workplace. The pair of bills, Int. 879-2018 and Int....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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Expanded Protections for Working Mothers in San Francisco

Effective January 1, 2018, San Francisco will expand available protections for nursing mothers working within city limits. California law currently requires employers to provide lactating employees with a reasonable amount of...more

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Are You Sure You Want to Expand? Myriad State and Local Employment Laws Cause Numerous Headaches for Employers

“Arizona’s New Paid Sick Leave Law Goes into Effect in July.” “San Francisco Passes ‘Lactation in the Workplace’ Ordinance.” Headlines such as these flood the email of human resources professionals and employment lawyers. As...more

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San Francisco-Peculiarities: The City’s Ultra-Unique Employment Landscape

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As if high rent and California’s peculiar laws were not enough to worry about, San Francisco employers must also comply with City-specific ordinances. Trailblazing City requirements often exceed state laws...more

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San Francisco Employers Face New Gender Equality Laws

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has just added two new employment ordinances to the burgeoning list of employment-related ordinances in the City by the Bay. First, the Parity in Pay Ordinance prohibits employers from...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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