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WHAT’S NEW IN 2020 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Higher Workplace Standards to Assist Lactating Moms Since 2002, California has required employers to provide their lactating employees with reasonable time and adequate space to express breast milk. Effective January 1, 2020, Senate Bill (SB) 142 requires a clean, private and safe workplace location for the activity and a written lactation accommodation policy. Significant penalties […]
WHAT’S NEW FOR 2019 NURSING MOMS AND THE WORKPLACE
California employers must make reasonable efforts to provide their lactating employees with the use of a room or location – other than a toilet stall – in close proximity to the employee’s work area for the employee to express breast milk in private. Effective January 1, 2019, amended California Labor Code section 1031 will […]
WHAT IS YOUR LACTATION LOCATION?
San Francisco Workplace Ordinance – Directs Time and Space for Nursing Mothers San Francisco is the first California city to enact an ordinance requiring private employers to provide lactation breaks and rooms to employees who are nursing mothers. Effective January 1, 2018, all non-governmental employers under San Francisco’s “Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance” must provide […]
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New Federal Workplace Poster Requirements For Minimum Wage and Polygraph Protections, Effective August 1, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has revised the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage poster and the Employee Polygraph Protections Act (EPPA) poster. Starting August 1, 2016, U.S. employers must post these revised versions: 1. FLSA Minimum […]