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Breastfeeding at Work Policy

HR Digest

Learn more about what the law says about breasting feeding rights at work. Since 2010, the federal “Break Time for Nursing Mothers” law has legally protected working mothers who wish to express breast milk during their workday. E: Grievance following discrimination. Breastfeeding Policy & Purpose. A: Who is covered?

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Cafe Classic - Lessons from E. coli: Plan or Perish

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: Today's Cafe Classic was first published on June 11, 2010. The lessons that we can learn from this particular bacterium remain as critical today (if not even more so) as they were when Stephanie Thomas first penned this great piece. What do proactive employers and E. coli have in common? What have you done to prepare?

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4 Important Ways to Accommodate Nursing Mothers in the Workplace

Thrive Global

Breastfeeding discrimination is widespread, with many new mothers like the ones I discussed above being forced to pump milk in bathrooms because there are no lactation rooms available. A nursing working mother once shared with me that whenever the time came for her to pump milk, she would go to the bathroom to do so. It is illegal.

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Pre-employment and background checks: everything you need to know to be compliant

cipHR

It could go towards hiring a new employee, a training course, or for investing in crucial hardware or time-saving software. Illegal working can negatively affect lawful workers’ wages, and it’s also linked to other abuses of the labour market. Think about what £20,000 can do for your business. Right to work checks.

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Feds Enact Workplace Pregnancy Accommodations, Expand Lactation Requirements

Zenefits

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act specifies that pregnant workers must be treated the same as those who are “similar in their ability or inability” to work. Workplace accommodations for pregnant and nursing mothers long debated by Capitol Hill lawmakers become a reality this year. The impact on businesses probably won’t be onerous.

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“It is complicated!” With Tyler Gallagher & Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro

Thrive Global

A number of reasons have been put forward that go beyond outright gender discrimination to include workplace flexibility and employer expectations. I had the pleasure to interview Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro. Her current work examines ideological currency and calling as well as employee-organization relationships and health.

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Going Against the Grain: Worker Fired After Unequal Pay Complaint

HR Daily Advisor

Oakley Grain hired “Mariah” in August 2010 to work at the Yellow Bend facility in Arkansas City. Mariah learned that her brother, an Oakley Grain employee at the Pendleton facility, had received “harvest and safety bonuses.” thodonal / iStock / Getty Images Plus. “Jim” In 2011, 2012, and 2013, she received raises.