Labor & Employment Law

NY Passes a Law Permitting Breastfeeding at Work

By Michael Fitzgibbon

Thanks to Diane Pfadenhauer for her post New York Enacts New Law Protecting Rights of Nursing Mothers in the Workplace which was more recently picked up at Finally  -  NY Mothers Win Right to Breastfeed at Work.  According to the New York Employment Law Blog, there are 39 states that give women the right to breastfeed at work (here's a summary). 

In Canada, the issue is generally dealt with, though not directly, through human rights legislation.  In Ontario, there is a specific policy dealing with Discrimination Because of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, but there is nothing that I am aware of in Canada like the legislative protection specifically afforded to breastfeeding as there is in a number of states.   
 

Full post as published by Thoughts from a Management Lawyer on September 13, 2007 (boomark / email).