USA Today article on Break Time Policies for Moms
This article discusses the new Health Care Reform Provision that requires unpaid break time for mothers to be able to pump. It outlines the requirements and some of the needs. It also points out that the policy does not cover everyone.
“The legislation covers only women who are paid an hourly wage, not a salary, although some state laws cover both.
‘Some states put their breast-feeding laws in their family-leave set of regulations,’ says Alan Quiles, a labor and employment lawyer in Miami. ‘In that case, the focus is more on having the time as a medical necessity as opposed to just a break.’
His colleague Kelly Kolb says, ‘In our mind, there’s no principled reason to treat hourly and exempt (salaried) employees differently with respect to this.’”
Please follow the link to see some state-by-state graphics and the rest of the article.