Bill > HR2758

This bill, the Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011, aims to support breastfeeding mothers in the workplace by amending two key federal laws. First, it clarifies that "lactation," which means breastfeeding or expressing milk from the breast, is a protected condition under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically as an extension of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, ensuring that discrimination based on lactation is prohibited. Second, it expands protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, requiring more employers to provide reasonable break time for employees to express breast milk for their nursing children, and importantly, this requirement will now apply to certain employees who are typically exempt from federal labor laws limiting work hours, such as bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees and outside salespersons.