Sentences with phrase «provide lactation breaks»

Australian employers are not legally obliged to provide lactation breaks to their employees, however the International Labor Organization (ILO) recommends that breastfeeding women be entitled to at least one break per day for lactation, and that can also be accessed as a reduction in hours.

Many Australian employers are recognising that the needs of a breastfeeding employee are short lived, and that providing lactation breaks is a simple way to support them.

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In light of which, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) ever abreast of women's issues, has introduced legislation she hopes will encourage more businesses to provide lactation rooms and pumping breaks.

The legislation approval furthers California and federal law that already requires employers to make their best efforts to provide nursing mothers with lactation breaks.

And the health reform law required many employers to provide nursing women on their payrolls with lactation breaks starting in January 2011.