This is a reminder to New York City employers and multi-state businesses that, starting May 8, 2025, New York City’s lactation accommodation law will be updated.
Employers with four or more employees must:
- Post Policy: Post the lactation room accommodation policy in a conspicuous place accessible to all employees and electronically on the employer’s intranet, if available.
- Policy Distribution: Distribute the policy to employees at the commencement of employment.
- Paid Break Time: Include a statement in the policy that provides 30 minutes of paid break time for lactation and allows employees to use existing paid break or mealtime for additional lactation time needed.
- Policy Content: Include the right to request a lactation room, the process for making a request, employer response time (within five business days), procedure for multiple users, and engagement in cooperative dialogue if the request poses an undue hardship.
- Public Breastfeeding Rights: The policy does not affect the right to breastfeed in public.
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