GBDA - Expression of Milk in the Workplace

Code:  GBDA
Readopted:  9/25/17, 2/27/23
Adopted 4/08/13
Orig. Code(s):  GBDA

The district recognizes that a normal and important role for employees is to have the option and ability to express milk in the workplace.  The Board directs the superintendent or designee to develop procedures to ensure that all district employees shall be provided with an adequate and private location for the expression of milk.

When possible, an employee must give reasonable notice of the intent to express milk to their supervisor. The district shall provide the employee a reasonable rest period to express milk each time the employee has a need to express milk. If feasible, the employee will take the rest period at the same time as the rest periods or meal periods provided by the district.

The district will make a reasonable effort to provide a location, other than a public restroom or toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee’s work area, where an employee can express milk in private, concealed from view and without intrusion by other employees or the public. “Close proximity” means within walking distance from the employee’s work area that does not appreciably shorten the rest or meal period. If a private location is not within close proximity to the employee’s work area, the district may not include the time taken to travel to and from the location as part of the break period.

The list of locations that have been identified in each facility for milk expression, which shall be updated by Human Resources at least annually, is incorporated into this policy and available HERE. This list will be available to all district employees upon request in the central administrative office.

 An employee who expresses milk during work hours may use the available refrigeration to store the expressed milk. The district must allow the employee to bring a cooler or other insulated food container to work for storing the expressed milk and ensure there is adequate space in the workplace to accommodate the employee’s cooler or insulated food container.

This policy only applies to employees who are expressing milk for children 18 months of age or younger.

END OF POLICY
 

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ORS 243.650
ORS 653.077
ORS 653.256
OAR 839-020-0051