What are the breastfeeding laws in Indiana?
Indiana Code § 16-35-6 allows a woman to breastfeed her child anywhere she has a right to be.
Indiana Code § 5-10-6 allows for paid breaks for an employee to express her breast milk for her infant (for the state and political subdivisions of Indiana)
Indiana Code § 22-2-14-2 allows, to the extent reasonably possible, for employers with 25 employees or more to provide a location, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express her breast milk in privacy during any period away from her assigned duties and to provide a refrigerator or other cold storage space for keeping milk that has been expressed; or allow the employee to provide her own portable cold storage device for keeping milk that has been expressed until the end of the work day.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide reasonable paid break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child’s birth each time the employee has a need to express the milk. For more detailed information regarding this law, please see the U.S. Department of Labor’s Fact Sheet.
United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Guide to the Rights of Breastfeeding Employees in Indiana.
Talk to your Boss about your pump https://www.abetterbalance.org/resources/state-laws-for-nursing-mothers-at-work/
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Get involved through these organizations:
• Call, email or tweet your State Senator or Representative about HB1152 the Nursing Mother Jury Duty exemption bill
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