Employer Support for Breastfeeding Mothers
October 20, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under breastfeeding, law, quotes and literature
Wall Street Journal columnist Sue Shellenbarger recently tackled the question of whether there have been any changes in employer support for breastfeeding mothers. Shellenbarger wrote:
Employer support has risen; about 26% of employers offer such programs as a space to pump or access to a lactation coach, up from 19% in 2005, says a 2007 survey of 590 companies by the Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Va. Support is mounting in state capitols; four states in the past two years have passed laws encouraging or mandating employer support for lactating mothers, says the National Conference of State Legislatures, bringing the total to about 15 states.
