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Breastfeeding - Lactation Breaks

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    Policies and Procedures

    San Francisco, California, Lactation Accommodation Policy

    As mandated by the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, covered employers should use the San Francisco, California, Lactation Accommodation Policy to to establish guidelines promoting a work environment that supports breastfeeding; to establish that employees have a right to request lactation accommodation; and to comply with San Francisco's Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance.

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    Letters and Forms

    San Francisco, California, Model Lactation Accommodation Request Form

    A San Francisco employer may use this form when an employee requests a lactation accommodation pursuant to the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Hours Worked: Oklahoma

    Enhanced with information about the day of rest law.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Hours Worked: West Virginia

    Updated to reflect testing provisions in the West Virginia Safer Workplace Act, effective July 7, 2017.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Nevada

    Nevada employers with 50 or more employees should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to demonstrate compliance with the Nevada law requiring that employers provide reasonable break time and appropriate locations for employees to express breast milk.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Accommodations for Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding or Related Conditions Handbook Statement: Utah

    Utah employers seeking to inform employees of the availability of reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related conditions and to demonstrate compliance with the Utah Antidiscrimination Act are required by law to include this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Maine

    Maine employers should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, on the availability of unpaid break time and private locations for employees to express breast milk and to demonstrate their compliance with Maine's lactation accommodation law.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Hawaii

    Hawaii employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with Hawaii law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Rhode Island

    Rhode Island employers seeking to show their compliance with the Rhode Island law requiring that employers provide unpaid break time and reasonable locations for employees to express breast milk should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.

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    Employee Handbooks

    Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

    District of Columbia employers seeking to encourage and demonstrate compliance with the District of Columbia law requiring that employers provide unpaid break time and reasonable locations for employees to express breast milk should consider including this model policy statement in a District of Columbia supplement.

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HR guidance on complying with federal and state employer requirements involving break periods for breastfeeding and lactation, whether paid or unpaid.