The Institute for Womens Policy Research has projected that an additional 165,000 women each year will breastfeed for at least six months because of the provision. Those gains will come in particular among women who work low-wage jobs and who are minorities. But there are still millions of women, particularly in white-collar jobs, who arent covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act and thus miss out on the nursing-mothers provision. Maloney and Merkley have introduced a bill that would expand the provision to cover all workers, be they hourly or salary. Merkley said he hopes they can attach the measure as an amendment to another bill headed for the presidents desk.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:21:17 +0000
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