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New York Expands Protections to Nursing Mothers in the Workplace
08/28/2007

Effective immediately, New York law extends a variety of protections to nursing mothers in the workplace. Expanding upon previous legislation which granted mothers an absolute right to nurse in public, the new law amends the New York Labor Law to require that employers offer nursing mothers a number of accommodations in an effort to further integrate familial responsibilities and professional obligations(1).

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