Are Employers Required to Make Provisions for Employees Breastfeeding at Work?
Posted in : Seamus Says - Employment Law Discussion on 12 May 2022
Seamus McGranaghan
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Okay. Okay, moving on to breastfeeding in the workplace. So for anyone who gets our weekly reviews, you'll read about a case last week reported of a employee, I think she was a teacher actually, who won a sexual harassment case because she was forced to breastfeed in toilets and carpark. So that's a big area to tackle. So what is the law around employers requirements in making provisions for employees breastfeeding at work, Seamus?
Seamus: Well, usually the position is, look, the aspect of breastfeeding arises whenever the employee is intending to return to work. So there will normally have been a period of maternity leave and this is the point where the employee is seeking to return from
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Seamus McGranaghan
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
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