SB0212

Illinois SB0212 amends the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act to require employers to provide 30 minutes of paid break time for nursing mothers.

Illinois SB0212 amends the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act to mandate that employers provide 30 minutes of paid break time to employees who need to express breast milk for their nursing infants. This provision applies each time the employee needs to express milk for one year after the child's birth. The break time can run concurrently with any other break time already provided to the employee and may be combined with other paid break time or meal time. Employers are prohibited from reducing an employee's compensation for time used for expressing milk or nursing a baby.