PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
- Last Action
- 5/27/2021
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-27 (25)
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
This bill expands workplace protections for employees with a need to express breast milk. Specifically, it expands the requirement that employers provide certain accommodations for such an employee to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. Further, time spent to express breast milk must be considered hours worked if the employee is also working.
Cosponsors (10)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Subjects
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Labor standards
- Small business
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
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