Lactation Accommodation Clause Samples

Lactation Accommodation. Employees have a right to reasonable break time to express milk. If an employee needs additional break times to express milk, it must be allowed. The District will provide private lactation space, free from intrusion, in close proximity to the employee’s work area. This may be the employee’s normal work area if the space meets the lactation requirements but shall not be a bathroom stall.

Lactation Accommodation. In negotiations for the 2017-2020 Collective Agreement the Union raised its desire to ensure the accessibility and availability of breastfeeding facilities for its members. The parties have agreed to an accommodation procedure around breastfeeding in June 2014 which is available on the Employer's and Union's websites. The University will ensure that there is accessible and available space where persons may nurse and/or breast pump on each of its campuses. The availability of these locations will be promoted online along with a contact number so that individuals who wish can make arrangements for access.

Lactation Accommodation. If an employee desires to express breast milk for her infant child, the District will make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, for the employee to express milk in private. SECTION 1 SALARY

Lactation Accommodation. A. In accordance with UC Policy, local procedures, and prevailing law, lactation rooms or other comparable space shall be provided in proximity to the work area for UC-owned facilities. B. If no such space exists in reasonable proximity to the work area, the Department will designate an appropriate temporary space, which is not open to the general public, for the purpose of expressing and storing breast milk. The University will allow adequate time for a Resident to express breast milk, during which the Resident shall not be expected to work. C. In any event, issues related to this article may be discussed in a labor-management meeting. D. Restrooms, spaces lacking privacy, or spaces lacking a locking door are not considered appropriate spaces for lactation purposes. However, an anteroom or lounge area connected to a restroom may be sufficient if the space is private, free from intrusion, and can be locked and shielded from view. E. The University will provide notice to the union regarding any changes to the UC Policy and/or local procedure.

Lactation Accommodation. Unit members who intend to express milk will inform their supervisor before returning to work. A unit member who will need a reasonable accommodation related to lactation will give their supervisor notice as soon as practicable. Members and supervisors agree that early notification will ensure the best possible plan for all stakeholders. Members may request union representation when creating this plan. Prior to their return to work, members expressing milk will create a plan, to include prep periods, with the supervisor. With sufficient advance notice regarding the master schedule, supervisors will make every effort to provide the unit member with the prep period requested. The plan will provide for appropriate coverage for the member throughout the day and for the various bell schedules for the purpose of expressing milk, at no cost to the member. Members will, whenever possible, express milk during any break time or prep/conference period. Unit members who are expressing milk will be provided a clean private space in which to express milk. This space will not be a bathroom or any dirty or unsanitary place. This space will: ● Be located near the member’s work area ● Have a locking door (from the inside) and window coverings ● Have a chair to allow sitting and a flat, clean surface for placing pump and bottles of milk ● Have at least one functional electrical outlet for an electric pump ● Be close to clean running water to clean pump parts ● Have paper towels and a privacy screen The member may choose to express milk in their own work room if mutually agreed and the minimum requirements listed above are met by this work room. Unit members will also have access to refrigerated storage that meets their needs.

Lactation Accommodation. Please refer to Administrative Procedure 5.16

Lactation Accommodation. The Employer will provide resources for continued lactation support services upon a Resident’s return to work. Where spaces exist for faculty or staff for the primary purpose of expressing milk, residents and fellows will have access to those spaces for the purpose of expressing milk. Consistent with UPHS GME policy (II-X,12/16/2022), these spaces must not be a bathroom or locker room, and shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion by coworkers and/or the public with a door that locks from the inside (a semi-private room dedicated for lactation is acceptable provided there are screens to ensure privacy). The space will be equipped with 1) a comfortable chair 2) a table 3) an electrical outlet near the chair and table 4) A light, door sign or other mechanism to indicate that the space is in use 5) a trashcan, paper towels, sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer 6) a hospital grade pump in lactation rooms that are 100% UPHS dedicated to lactating employees/trainees and 7) refrigeration will be available but need not be in the space designated for lactation. A list and map of such spaces will be maintained and available. If no such space, equipped as described above, exists within a reasonable walking distance to the resident/fellow’s assigned patient-care responsibilities, the Department for the resident/fellow’s assigned rotation will make a reasonable effort to designate an appropriate temporary space for the purpose of expressing milk and shall make reasonable efforts to include the above listed amenities provided for in this section. The Lactation rooms will be subject to daily housekeeping services. Any Resident that will require use of lactation support services will communicate their anticipated needs to their Program Director and will highlight their lactating status at the start of each clinical assignment. A reasonable effort will be made to provide break time for the resident/fellow to express milk for their nursing child for at least one year after the child’s birth.

Lactation Accommodation. In accordance with ACGME requirements, prevailing 7 law, and APS 46.7 (as applicable), training sites must ensure a healthy and safe clinical 8 and educational environment for clean and private facilities for lactation with proximity 9 appropriate for safe patient care, and clean and safe refrigeration resources for the 10 storage of breast milk. Residents will be permitted to pump breast milk in locations other 11 than pumping rooms provided privacy and safety can be accommodated. The University 12 will allow adequate time for a Resident’s milk expression as determined by each 13 resident’s individual medical needs or preferences. Each program, in collaboration with 14 training sites, must create and share a procedure to adjust breastfeeding-mothers’ 15 schedules to protect adequate time for regular milk expression/pumping during the 16 workday. Residents should inform their colleagues before stepping away for a lactation 17 session. Programs will work with residents to ensure educational requirements and 18 pumping preferences are met. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to 19 support milk expression. 20

Lactation Accommodation. (A) In accordance with CA Labor Code Section 1031, Employer will provide a designated room, other than a bathroom, to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk. (B) The designated room will include a lock in the door, a refrigerator for storing milk, a suitable chair/sofa for the employee, and a “In Use - Please Do Not Enter” sign. (C) The Employer acknowledges that a reasonable amount of break time shall be provided to accommodate an employee with lactation needs. (D) If an employee needs more time, she will not be required to use her own time (lunch break or any other breaks) or make up work time.