A Victory for Working Moms in NY

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Written By Jack Tuckner

The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill requiring employers to allow “nursing moms to express breast milk” while at work. What’s more, the bill, awaiting a signature from Governor Eliott Spitzer, will also require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a private space for women to pump. The passage of the bill is a true victory for working moms (who have commonly been subject to hostility for pumping in the workplace) and for the New York State Bar’s Sex & Law Committee that has been pushing for its passage.Read the bill here:

Jack Tuckner

Jack Tuckner is a Women’s Rights in the Workplace attorney and a founding partner of Tuckner, Sipser, perhaps the only law firm in the nation concentrating its practice on workplace gender rights.

https://womensrightsny.com
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