Bill > S1463

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 and strengthens protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, by explicitly including "lactation," which means breastfeeding or expressing milk, as a protected condition related to pregnancy and childbirth. This ensures that employers cannot discriminate against employees based on their need to breastfeed or express milk. Second, it expands the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that more employees, including those in executive, administrative, or professional roles, or outside sales positions who are typically exempt from overtime rules, are provided with reasonable break times to express breast milk for their nursing children.