Health Care Adds New law new protections for nursing mothers

The recent health care reform law as the law on protection of the patient, and care at affordable prices is known, contained a provision that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), for an employer to request a time appropriate time for an employee by providing Express breast milk for their child for one year after the birth of the child in each of these workers need to pump out the milk. The law also requires that employers find a place to offer than a bath to bring the employee to expressMilk. Some employers already observed by state law dealing with breastfeeding mothers at work, which are called chambers of lactation lactating breast milk during working hours must be used expression covered.

This amendment to the FLSA provides that the employer is not required to obtain a range of work time per employee spent compensate expressed breast milk. However, this article may cause practical problems for employers.Employers must decide whether and how to use this provision to keep pace with compliance, records of hours worked by employees.

The new amendment also states that if compliance with this new law would be unreasonable for employers to be imposed, with fewer than 50 employees, the employer must satisfy is not the law. However, since that provision allows an exception to the law, small employers must expect that if the Department of Labor shall adopt rulesthe interpretation of this law is interpreted this exception very narrowly.

This change in recent legislation in the health sector is a public health objective of the United States Centers for Disease Control for the percentage of mothers who raise their children in the early postpartum period breast feed 75 percent by 2010. promoted to health professionals and health authorities need to improve breastfeeding for infant health. These health experts believe thatMothers and children benefit from breast milk. Breast milk contains antibodies to protect babies from bacteria and viruses. Breastfed children have fewer ear infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections and diarrhea are rare. Children who are exclusively breastfed are less likely to health care visits, prescriptions and hospital admissions requiring a lower total cost of medical care when the children were never breastfed compared.

It is believed thatNursing mothers, has received long-term health effects of prevention, including an earlier return to pre-pregnancy weight and a reduced risk of breast cancer in pre-menopause and osteoporosis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 70 percent of mothers Balzan of breastfeeding immediately after birth, but less than 20 percent of mothers breastfeeding exclusively breast are the same six months later.

If this new law came into force at least 24 states,including, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming, had a sort of State law provides protection for breastfeeding mothers who breast-feed were needed to bring the milk and at work to express. The changes establish breastfeeding in the health sector in the Federal Republic of existing state law for thisLaw provides that each state must protect the right of priority in front of the federal Act. Must employers in states with laws that are breast-feeding the new federal requirement to ensure that they comply with state law. All employers should review their policies and practices relating to nursing mothers to ensure that they are in compliance with federal law or were, whichever is applicable.