Women shouldn’t have to choose between breastfeeding their children and their jobs. Breastfeeding support is possible regardless of workplace, sector, or contract type.
Employers and managers can make breastfeeding and work, work by:
- Providing maternity leave that – at minimum – meets national requirements
- Providing time and space for breastfeeding or expressing and storing breastmilk
- Providing options that reduce separation of women from their babies after maternity leave, such as:
- Flexible work schedules
- On-site childcare
- Teleworking
- Part-time work
- Letting mothers bring their babies to work
Colleagues can help make breastfeeding and work, work by being supportive of flexible work arrangements when women return to work, and by championing women’s rights in the workplace.
Is your company/employer helping you make breastfeeding and work, work? Tell us about it!
We want to reward local employers and businesses for their support of breastfeeding moms! Fill out the form below and your workplace could win free lunch totes and healthy snacks! We’ll draw one winner from all submissions received by August 7th. Submissions may also be featured on our website and social media platforms so we can publicly recognize businesses for their support of nursing mothers!
