While driving home I heard a radio commercial advertising Mother-Friendly Employers here in Texas. We've come a long way. Who would have thought that companies would advertise their support of breastfeeding in the workplace? Or that a work-site might obtain "Mother-Friendly" designation?
The Texas House of Representatives passed HB 741 in early May. HB 741 requires public employers, school districts, cities, counties and state agencies, to accommodate employees who need to express breast milk at the work place. Under current law, working mothers who are hourly employees have federal protections in place for when they need to express milk in the workplace. (The Federal Health Care Reform Bill, signed in March 2010, contained an amendment to the FLSA requiring employers to give breaks for nursing.) However, salaried employees have no protections in state or federal law. House Bill 741 seeks to close this loophole.
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