Utah Employers Must Accommodate Breast-Feeding Workers

March 31, 2016

Utah is joining more than a dozen states to require businesses to offer breast-feeding and pregnant employees accommodations such as extra breaks during work.

Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law this week that makes it a requirement for employers with 15 or more workers.

It does not require businesses to allow employees to bring their children to work to breastfeed.

utahThe new rule comes on the heels of a law Utah passed in 2015 that made it illegal to discriminate against pregnant and breast-feeding women at work.

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  • March 31, 2016 at 6:56 pm
    GoldC says:
    That usually means pumping, unless the employee has an off-site location to physically breastfeed. Accommodating breastfeeding means employers enable employees to expel milk f... read more
  • March 31, 2016 at 3:31 pm
    Merendipity says:
    Not usually, no. Most breastfeeding mothers who return to work pump during working hours, which generally needs to be done ever two hours or so. State laws that address this... read more
  • March 31, 2016 at 3:23 pm
    Merendipity says:
    Not usually, no. Most moms who are still breastfeeding when they return to work pump. The extra break time is used to pump. States having this law generally indicate that t... read more

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