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New Lactation Accommodation Requirements In The Workplace

To comply with the expanded lactation accommodation requirements, each employer in California should provide breastfeeding employees with either a temporary or permanent lactation location. A different set of rules applies for the agricultural industry, as specified by the recently signed law says an experienced employment law attorney in Los Angeles. For employees working in agricultural settings, employers are legally required to provide a private, enclosed, and shaded space.

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New Lactation Accommodation Requirements In The Workplace

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  1. New Lactation Accommodation Requirements In The Workplace

  2. To comply with the expanded lactation accommodation requirements, each employer in California should provide breastfeeding employees with either a temporary or permanent lactation location. A temporary lactation location may be sufficient as long as the employer can:

  3. Demonstrate evidence that the operational, financial, or space limitations make it ★ impossible to establish a permanent lactation location. Ensure that the temporary location will be used only for lactation purposes for the ★ duration required by an employee to express milk. Ensure that the temporary location is private and cannot be accessed while an ★ employee expresses milk.

  4. A different set of rules applies for the agricultural industry, as specified by the recently signed law,” says an experienced employment law attorney in Los Angeles employment law attorney in Los Angeles. For employees working in agricultural settings, employers are legally required to provide a private, enclosed, and shaded space.

  5. Does Your California Employer Comply With The New Lactation Accommodation Requirements? Other than that, under the new law, employers in California must provide breastfeeding employees with a lactation location, other than a bathroom and toilet stall, that is within a reasonable distance from the employee’s workplace or work area. The location must also afford the employee privacy, while the employer must ensure that the private area is free from intrusion.

  6. However, not all employers can be reasonably expected to have the means and the funds to provide a private lactation location other than a bathroom. And the amendment recognizes that. If an employer can show proof that providing a lactation location other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship on him or her, he or she will only be expected to make reasonable efforts to provide a breastfeeding employee with a private area other than a toilet stall.

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