Restaurant Fined: Fired Breastfeeding Mom
August 23, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Breastfeeding, Mommy Extras, News & Media, Parenting
An LA Restaurant was recently fined for firing an employee that breastfed her baby during hebreaks. As you can imagine this did not go over very well with the community of breastfeeding moms or the legal department.
Jesus Acosta, the owner of Acosta Tacos, has been fined $46,000 for firing Marina Chavez. She sued him for emotional suffering and lost pay. Keep in mind the only thing that she got fired for was actually feeding her baby during her breaks. I could understand if this was done while working but not on a break.
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