As previously reported here, the recent Health Care Reform legislation includes a provision, which became effective immediately upon passage of the Act, requiring employers to provide breaks for employees to express milk for nursing children. The USDOL issued a fact sheet this week explaining its view of an employer’s obligations under this enactment. The
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Health Care Reform Act Expands Scope of FLSA Retaliation Claims
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Jackson Lewis previously advised clients and friends of the Health Care Reform Act’s provision requiring employers to provide employees breaks for breastfeeding: http://www.jacksonlewis.com/legalupdates/article.cfm?aid=2016. (Regulations interpreting such requirements are expected to be issued within the next 6 months.) Also contained in the over two thousand-page enactment is Section 1558, which adds a new Section 18C to…