The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide reasonable breaks to an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child was born. Employers are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from co-workers and public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.
Maternity and Work
U.S. workers have the right to take12 weeks of under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), but that isn't paid. And the FMLA only applies to employees who have worked at least 12 months at a company with at least 50 employees. A study released after the FMLA went into effect estimated that just one-fifth of new mothers qualified.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions is unlawful sex discrimination according to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The ruling covers workers of employers with 15 or more employees, including federal, state and local governments. As well to labor organizations and employment agencies.