Thursday, December 29, 2022

Why new federal pregnancy protections in the workplace matter

At issue are two separate bills, both of which were successfully added to the omnibus spending package that cleared Capitol Hill last week. The first was the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act — the one that had been blocked a week earlier — that would ensure that pregnant people in the workplace are allowed to take extra bathroom breaks, carry water bottles, and make use of sitting on a stool during a shift… 

But just as notable was the other policy that was added to the same spending package: The Senate also approved a policy that, as Roll Call reported, would "require employers to provide extra time and space for workers to breastfeed on the job," for up to a year after the child's birth…


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