As the Department of Labor ramps up efforts to improve awareness of the new Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act, employers may want to take this time — as August is National Breastfeeding Month — to consider their own approach to breastfeeding at work.
While much of the news about breastfeeding at work has been around new laws and compliance obligations, breastfeeding has also been something of a diversity and inclusion focus for employers, especially as women in particular leave the workforce in droves partly due to childcare obligations.