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California Expands Employers’ Lactation Accommodation Requirements

On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 142 into law, which expands California employers’ obligations to accommodate employees who need to express breastmilk during the workday, most notably by adding a number of new requirements for the lactation space itself.  The bill also establishes significant penalties…

San Francisco Issues New Lactation Regulations for Employers

In June 2017, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the “Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance.”  This was the nation’s first-ever law requiring employers to have a workplace lactation policy that ensures employees get lactation breaks and have access to a “lactation accommodation space.” This new ordinance, which…