Returning to work with a pump can feel like juggling a new job inside your job. Pumping at work is a chore, but you can do this–and it gets easier as you move forward. Yes, there are meetings to ...

Simply finding the time to take a bathroom break during the school day can be tricky for teachers. Fitting in breaks of 20 minutes or so every couple of hours during the school day to pump can feel ...

A wave of lawsuits—including against major companies—is coming after the PUMP Act gave employees the right to sue over a lack of workplace accommodations. The U.S. is one of only a handful of nations ...

Many women encounter discrimination during pregnancy and after childbirth, despite state and federal laws designed to protect them. As a result, pregnant and postpartum workers often worry about how ...

I recently asked breastfeeding workers to share horror stories of how they managed before federal laws required employers to provide time and space to pump breast milk. The result: more chills than ...

Working moms in the U.S. are told to exclusively breastfeed for six months, but they’re only given 12 weeks of unpaid leave — if they’re lucky. What happens for the next 12 weeks or more?

A young mother claims her bosses at a New York City-area Amazon fulfillment center made it so unpleasant for her to milk at work, she felt she had no choice but to stop breastfeeding her infant twins ...

In 2022, a federal law protecting breastfeeding women’s right to reasonable break time and private space to pump at work expanded to cover salaried workers, including teachers. It seemed like perfect ...

President Joe Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act in December 2022. While some provisions were delayed — employers of certain rail carrier and ...

Anja Slibar for The 19th Nursing parents still have no place to pump at work. Now they’re suing. Illustration showing concept of injustice for nursing parents; lady justice is depicted pumping milk, ...