Requires employers to provide break time and space for most hourly wage-earning and some salaried employees (non-exempt workers) to express breastmilk at work. They are required to provide this until the employee's baby turns one year old. Click here for answers to frequently asked questions.
- Employers must allow reasonable break time whenever a covered employee needs to express breast milk.
- Employers must provide covered employees with a space that is:
- Functional for expressing milk
- Shielded from view
- Free from intrusion
- Available as needed
- NOT a bathroom
- If an employer has fewer than 50 employees and can demonstrate that compliance with this law would impose an undue hardship on the employer, the employer does not have to provide nursing breaks.
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The PUMP Act, signed into law on 12/9/2022, makes changes to the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act.
- Provides the right to break time and space to pump breast milk at work to millions more workers, including teachers and nurses.
- Makes it possible for workers to file a lawsuit to seek monetary remedies in the event that their employer fails to comply.
- Clarifies that pumping time must be paid if an employee is not completely relieved from duty.
Provides that a mother may breastfeed her child in any public or private location where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be. The law specifies that in such a location, no person may prohibit a mother from breastfeeding her child, direct a mother to move to a different location to breastfeed her child, direct a mother to cover her child or breast while breastfeeding, or otherwise restrict a mother from breastfeeding her child.
Wis. Stat. § 944.17(3), § 944.20(2), and § 948.10(2)(b) Click here for Breastfeeding State Laws
Provides that breastfeeding mothers are not in violation of criminal statutes of indecent or obscene exposure.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employees to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Click here for more information.
How to File a Complaint Against Your Place of Business
The Wage and Hour Division is responsible for enforcing the Break Time for Nursing Mothers: FSLA Act. If you feel like your place of business is not providing you with adequate break time and/or break space, you can file a complaint by calling 1-866-487-9243 or you can submit it online by clicking here.
Pregnant and Breastfeeding Student Rights
Learn about your rights as a pregnant and/or breastfeeding student under Title IX: Title IX Regulations Toolkit - The Pregnant Scholar
Free Helplines to Understand your Legal Rights and Options
Helpline support is available in English and Spanish, with other languages on request:
- Center for WorkLife Law
- Email hotline@worklifelaw.org
- Call (415) 703-8276
- A Better Balance
- Call 1-833-633-3222
The Breastfeeding Policy Map aims to gather state and federal policy proposals with the potential to influence human milk feeding. Click here to access the map.
Brown County's Breastfeeding Friendly Employee Workplace Toolkit is available upon request in English, Spanish, and Hmong. Please call (920) 448-6400 or email bc_health@browncountywi.gov
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