The affordable care act the 2010 law you may know better as obamacare requires employers to allow women to pump breast milk while they are at work.
Pumping at work.
Scheduling pumping sessions at work pumping often while on the job will help keep up your milk production.
If you re pumping at work you should go with a double electric breast pump because you ll be pumping so frequently.
A consistent pump schedule with limited sessions will maximize your production and ensure you pump regularly.
Federal pumping at work law break time for nursing mothers the break time for nursing mothers law was passed in 2010 as part of the affordable care act.
It requires employers to provide two things for breastfeeding employees that are covered by the law break time to pump and a space to pump that is not a bathroom.
It s in section 4207 for anyone brave enough to hunt it down but like many federal regulations covering american workers it s shot through with loopholes.
The good news is that whether you work in a retail store a restaurant or an airplane hangar there are ways of making space for you to pump.
It s one of the biggest concerns for nursing moms who plan to pump at work.
Plan to breastfeed your baby in the morning before you go to work then pump every 3 to 4 hours during the day depending of course on your baby s frequency at home.