Day: July 15, 2015

Both federal and Montana state law provide rights for mothers of newborn children to express breast milk while at work. The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted by Congress in 2010, requires a covered employer to provide unpaid break times to an employee to express milk for her infant child under one year of age whenever the need occurs. Further, the employer must provide a location, other than a bathroom, for the employee’s use. Such location must not be in view of, or subject to intrusion from others. The federal law applies to all employers, but it does provide that an employer of less than 50 employees may avoid