A new amendment to Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to provide “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth.” The law went into effect on March 23, 2010, with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). The amendment addresses three major areas that will require attention and in some cases, action, by employers: time, privacy and compensation.
