As mandated by the New York City Commission on Human Rights, covered employers must adopt the New York City Model Lactation Accommodation Policy, or meet or exceed its requirements.
As recommended by the New York City Commission on Human Rights, covered employers should use the New York City Model Lactation Accommodation Request Form.
Maryland employers that have two or more full-time equivalent employees working in the City of Baltimore seeking to educate their employees about the availability of unpaid lactation break time and accommodation and to demonstrate compliance with the Baltimore Lactation Accommodations in the Workplace Ordinance (BLAWO) are required by law to include a lactation accommodation policy statement in their handbook if they have one.
California employers that must comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and a California wage order mandating payment of overtime and that seek to address the circumstances under which employees classified by the employer as nonexempt will receive the overtime premium should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
As recommended by the US Department of Labor, covered employers should post the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Poster.