Lactation Accommodation. In negotiations for the 2017-2020 Collective Agreement the Union raised its desire to ensure the accessibility and availability of breastfeeding facilities for its members. The parties have agreed to an accommodation procedure around breastfeeding in June 2014 which is available on the Employer's and Union's websites. The University will ensure that there is accessible and available space where persons may nurse and/or breast pump on each of its campuses. The availability of these locations will be promoted online along with a contact number so that individuals who wish can make arrangements for access.
Lactation Accommodation. If an employee desires to express breast milk for her infant child, the District will make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, for the employee to express milk in private.
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Lactation Accommodation. Employees have a right to reasonable break time to express milk. If an employee needs additional break times to express milk, it must be allowed. The District will provide private lactation space, free from intrusion, in close proximity to the employee’s work area. This may be the employee’s normal work area if the space meets the lactation requirements but shall not be a bathroom stall.
Lactation Accommodation. A. In accordance with Senate Bill 142 and Labor Code Section 1031, the County shall provide each employee with the use of a room or other location for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements in Sections C-F below.
B. County Departments shall provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk. Break time must be provided each time the employee has a need to express milk. The denial of reasonable break time or adequate space to express milk shall be considered a violation of the law. An impacted employee may file a complaint through the grievance procedure and/or with the Labor Commissioner Field Enforcement Unit.
C. A lactation room or location shall not be a bathroom and shall be near the employee’s work area, shielded from view, and free from intrusion while the employee is expressing milk.
D. A lactation room or location shall comply with all of the following requirements:
1. Be safe, clean, and free of hazardous materials, as defined in Labor Code Section 6382 and Senate Bill 142.
2. Contain a surface to place a breast pump and personal items.
3. Contain a place to sit.
4. Have access to electricity or alternatives devices, including, but not limited to, extension cords or charging stations, needed to operate an electric or battery-powered breast pump.
E. The County shall also provide access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator or another cooling device suitable for storing milk near the employee’s workspace.
F. Where a multipurpose room is used for lactation, among other uses, the use of the room for lactation shall take precedence over the other uses, but only for the time it is in use for lactation purposes.
Lactation Accommodation. A. In accordance with UC Policy, local procedures, and prevailing law, lactation rooms or other comparable space shall be provided in proximity to the work area for UC-owned facilities.
B. If no such space exists in reasonable proximity to the work area, the Department will designate an appropriate temporary space, which is not open to the general public, for the purpose of expressing and storing breast milk. The University will allow adequate time for a Resident to express breast milk, during which the Resident shall not be expected to work.
C. In any event, issues related to this article may be discussed in a labor-management meeting.
D. Restrooms, spaces lacking privacy, or spaces lacking a locking door are not considered appropriate spaces for lactation purposes. However, an anteroom or lounge area connected to a restroom may be sufficient if the space is private, free from intrusion, and can be locked and shielded from view.
E. The University will provide notice to the union regarding any changes to the UC Policy and/or local procedure.
Lactation Accommodation. Unit members who intend to express milk will inform their supervisor before returning to work. A unit member who will need a reasonable accommodation related to lactation will give their supervisor notice as soon as practicable. Members and supervisors agree that early notification will ensure the best possible plan for all stakeholders. Members may request union representation when creating this plan. Prior to their return to work, members expressing milk will create a plan, to include prep periods, with the supervisor. With sufficient advance notice regarding the master schedule, supervisors will make every effort to provide the unit member with the prep period requested. The plan will provide for appropriate coverage for the member throughout the day and for the various bell schedules for the purpose of expressing milk, at no cost to the member. Members will, whenever possible, express milk during any break time or prep/conference period. Unit members who are expressing milk will be provided a clean private space in which to express milk. This space will not be a bathroom or any dirty or unsanitary place. This space will: ● Be located near the member’s work area ● Have a locking door (from the inside) and window coverings ● Have a chair to allow sitting and a flat, clean surface for placing pump and bottles of milk ● Have at least one functional electrical outlet for an electric pump ● Be close to clean running water to clean pump parts ● Have paper towels and a privacy screen The member may choose to express milk in their own work room if mutually agreed and the minimum requirements listed above are met by this work room. Unit members will also have access to refrigerated storage that meets their needs.
Lactation Accommodation. In accordance with UCLA Policy and procedure and prevailing law, lactation rooms or other comparable space shall be provided in proximity to the work area. If no such space exists in reasonable proximity to the work area, the Department will designate an appropriate temporary space, which is not open to the general public, for the purpose of expressing and storing breast milk. The University will allow adequate time for a Resident to express breast milk. Notice about changes to the UCLA Policy and/or procedure shall be provided to the union.
Lactation Accommodation. “Employee only”, lactation rooms or other comparable space, for the express purpose of expressing and storing breast milk, in accordance with applicable laws, shall be provided in reasonable proximity to the work area that is appropriate for safe patient care. If no such space exists in reasonable proximity to the employee’s work area that is appropriate for safe patient care, the Program Director will designate an appropriate temporary space for employee use only for the Resident to use for the purpose of expressing and storing breast milk. The University will allow adequate time for a Resident to express breast milk. Residents may participate in the University’s Lactation Support Program (LSP).
Lactation Accommodation. It is KSOM’s expectation that Residents/Fellows who are nursing mothers will have access to a private space and a reasonable amount of time to express milk in accordance with current ACGME requirements and prevailing law. This includes the availability of clean and private area for lactation with proximity appropriate for safe patient care and the availability of clean and safe refrigeration resources for the storage of breast milk. Upon notice from a Resident/Fellow or the Union that any rotation site is not meeting these expectations, KSOM will take all reasonable efforts to provide notice to the rotation site of the issue and deficiency and work with the rotation site to resolve the issue and deficiency expeditiously.
Lactation Accommodation. The District will provide a reasonable amount of break time and an appropriate location, consistent with state and local requirements, to any employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee’s infant child. Wherever possible, the break time must run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee and in such circumstances will be paid. However, if such break time does not run concurrently with the employee’s normal break times, such time may be unpaid. An employee may request an accommodation for lactation breaks by submitting a lactation accommodation request form to the Assistant General Manager. The Assistant General Manager must respond to the employee's accommodation request in writing on the same lactation accommodation request form submitted by the employee indicating the approval of the request or whether the District cannot provide break time or a location in compliance with this policy or state law. The completed request form must be returned to the employee and a copy sent to human resources. Employees have the right to request a lactation accommodation without fear of discrimination, harassment or retaliation. In addition to the rights provided under this Handbook, employees have the right to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner for any violation of a right under the lactation accommodation laws (Chapter 3.8 of the California Labor Code).
