BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC LAW AND BRASTFEEDING AND WORK LAW - CALIFORNIA LAWS - NursElet

Rupal Asodaria

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Every employer, including the state and any political subdivision, shall provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee’s infant child each time the employee has need to express milk. The break time shall, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. Break time for an employee that does not run concurrently with the rest time authorized for the employee by the applicable wage order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be unpaid. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 720, Sec. 1. (SB 142) Effective January 1, 2020.)

CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE 1030-1031 

A mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or provide, where mother and child are authorized to be present. 

CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 43.3



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