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How BreastfeedLA can help you!
Through its Breastfeeding Works program, BreastfeedLA supports employers and employees to help employed breastfeeding mothers succeed in continuing to breastfeed after returning to work. Please see our menu of services.
Breastfeeding in the Workplace Toolkit
Supporting Nursing Moms: Employer Policy Tool Kit. This tool kit will help you adopt a employee lactation accommodation program and policy at your worksite.
BreastfeedLA Model Policy
Develop a policy that meets legal recommendations and shows best-practice support for your employees. See our model policy here.
BreastfeedLA Lactation Doorhanger
This lactation door hanger offer visibility for patients and offers workplaces the opportunity support their employees who are currently breastfeeding.
BreastfeedLA Rights of Breastfeeding Workers in the Context of COVID-19
Download of toolkit on the rights of breastfeeding workers in the context of the pandemic.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding
This toolkit, put together by the US Department of Health and Human Services, highlights all of the benefits that providing lactation accommodation can have for employers. Some of these benefits include lower employee turnover, less employee absenteeism due to sick children, increased productivity, and increased job satisfaction.
Workplace Breastfeeding Programs
This site, prepared by the The California Department of Public Health, offers lactation accommodation policy resources and recommendations.