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	<title>Breastfeeding 1-2-3 &#187; Vi Simpson</title>
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		<title>Indiana Breastfeeding Bill Signed into Law</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting July 1, 2008, a new Indiana law protects breastfeeding in the workplace. The law applies to businesses with 25 or more employees, as well as the state and political subdivisions of the state. Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law the legislation introduced by State Senator Vi Simpson. The enrolled act reads in part:
Chapter 14. Employee Breaks
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, &#8220;employer&#8221; means a person or entity that employs twenty-five (25) or more employees.
    Sec. 2. (a) To the extent reasonably possible, an employer shall provide a private location, other than [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123">Breastfeeding 1-2-3</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Starting July 1, 2008, a new Indiana law protects breastfeeding in the workplace. The law applies to businesses with 25 or more employees, as well as the state and political subdivisions of the state. Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law the legislation introduced by State Senator Vi Simpson. The <a href="http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2008/SE/SE0219.1.html" target="_blank">enrolled act</a> reads in part:</p>
<blockquote><p>Chapter 14. Employee Breaks<br />
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, &#8220;employer&#8221; means a person or entity that employs twenty-five (25) or more employees.<br />
    Sec. 2. (a) To the extent reasonably possible, an employer shall provide a private location, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express the employee&#8217;s breast milk in privacy during any period away from the employee&#8217;s assigned duties.<br />
    (b) To the extent reasonably possible, an employer shall:<br />
        (1) provide a refrigerator or other cold storage space for keeping milk that has been expressed; or<br />
        (2) allow the employee to provide the employee&#8217;s own portable cold storage device for keeping milk that has been expressed until the end of the employee&#8217;s work day.<br />
    (c) Except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith, an employer is not liable for any harm caused by or arising from either of the following that occur on the employer&#8217;s premises:<br />
        (1) The expressing of an employee&#8217;s breast milk.<br />
        (2) The storage of expressed milk.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=28093" target="_blank"><em>Inside INdiana Business</em></a> quotes Senator Simpson as saying:</p>
<blockquote><p>This legislation benefits not only mothers and their children. It also benefits employers because women with infants are the fastest growing section of the labor force and breastfeeding typically causes lower healthcare costs for the mother and child. I’m pleased to see the governor agreed and signed it into law.</p></blockquote>
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