Calling for action on implementation of the International Code and maternity protection including
breastfeeding breaks at work
Other things discussed yesterday:
breastfeeding breaks at work, popular awareness of WHO guidelines BF «2 years and beyond,» protecting breastfeeding in public, role models and normalising breastfeeding in non-breastfeeding communities, support local breastfeeding cafes, access to skilled breastfeeding support (more than BFI 3 day course), integrate support from breastfeeding voluntary organisations.
Not exact matches
«Find a way to read around your schedule and your life situation,» says Foroux, who suggests you could read on the train, while waiting
at the doctor's office, while
breastfeeding your baby (I can personally testify you can get through quite a lot of books this way), or during
breaks at work.
I took 8 weeks FMLA (I was told I needed the remaining 4 weeks for
breastfeeding breaks to keep my job) and my job wanted me to
work right until I delivered (I
work at a hospital).
You may also be allowed to
breastfeed during
breaks at work and is also exempted from violation of laws concerning indecent exposure.
Although the reasons behind this make sense, and the lack of proper maternity leave and
breastfeeding breaks is responsible, studies published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine show that moms who
work full time don't nurse as long as mothers who
work outside the home part - time or are not employed
at all.
Breastfeeding moms are entitled to lactation periods
at work, requiring a minimum of a 40 minute lactation
break for every eight hour
working period, which can be
broken up throughout the day.
Enabling conditions
at work, such as paid maternity leave, part - time
work arrangements, on - site crèches, facilities for expressing and storing breast milk, and
breastfeeding breaks, can help.
Breastfeeding mothers require more comfortable nursing facilities
at the workplace that are close to their
work area, and must be given appropriate support from their employers, such as long
breaks to pump milk.
Technically, there are laws protecting the
breastfeeding mother
at work about
break time and expressing milk.
Every
working breastfeeding mother has had it happen
at least once: You're on a
break, ready to pump, when you discover you forgot a crucial piece of equipment.
«For them to continue to manage exclusive
breastfeeding at work they have to take
breaks, and that's where many women quit.»
Maybe she has to return to
work immediately and doesn't want to pump during her
break, maybe she is taking medications that prohibit
breastfeeding, or maybe she just wants to be able to drink a glass of wine
at the end of a long day taking care of her baby and dodging judgmental assumptions from a society that thinks they know what she should do with her own body.
The
Breastfeeding Policy Scorecard was drawn up by an examination of maternity leave laws, the right to nursing
breaks at work, and other indicators to rank 36 developed countries on the degree to which their policies support women who want to
breastfeed.
The additions to the NJLAD also require employers to provide accommodations to
breastfeeding mothers in order to allow them to take
breaks to nurse or pump
at work.