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This bill, known as the Nursing Mother's Act, requires employers in Alabama to provide reasonable accommodations for employees who need to express breast milk while at work. The bill defines an employer as any individual or entity with one or more employees, including state and local government offices. Employers must provide unpaid break time or allow employees to use existing paid break or meal time to express breast milk, with the understanding that these breaks should, when possible, run concurrently with other provided breaks. The employer is not required to provide break time if doing so would create an undue hardship on their operations, and employees are expected to minimize disruption. Additionally, employers must make reasonable efforts to provide a private location near the employee's work area for expressing breast milk, though they are not required to construct a dedicated room for this purpose. The bill explicitly prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who choose to express breast milk in the workplace in compliance with these provisions, and employers will be held harmless if they make reasonable efforts to accommodate these needs. The act is set to become effective on October 1, 2026.

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