SW WA Healthy Families and Clark County Public Health are teaming up to support businesses with the new PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act.

We are providing free technical assistance on how to navigate federal and state requirements for breastfeeding employees through policy and in-person assessment.

Complete our short Lactation in the workplace self-assessment to get started.

Steps to Implementing a Supportive Workplace Breastfeeding Culture

• • Develop and adopt a personnel rule or policy outlining organizational support for milk expression.
  • Get started with a Lactation in the workplace toolkit and sample breastfeeding policy.
  • Communicate the personnel rule or policy to management, human resources, and leave administrators.
  • Ask employees about their need for lactation accommodations during return-to-work planning.
  • Be positive about making the accommodation.
  • Do not tolerate harassment, negative remarks, complaints about the employees’ need to take breaks for milk expression or status as a lactating employee.
  • Check-in with employee to determine if barriers need to be addressed.

Resources

• • Workplace breastfeeding support in Clark County (English and SPANISH)
  • Break Time for Nursing Mothers – US Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
  • Business Case for Breastfeeding – Office on Women’s Health
  • CDC’s Work to Support Breastfeeding
  • Resources for breastfeeding employees