ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reasonable Breaks for Nursing Mothers
Reasonable Breaks for Nursing Mothers (REV 07/01/10)
The recently implemented Healthcare Reform Law amends the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) to require employers to provide non-exempt employees who are nursing mothers
with a reasonable break time when they need to express breast milk for the first year
following the birth of a child.
To be in compliance, Rose-Hulman has established a lactation room located in the Office
of Human Resources in Moench Hall, Room A113D. There is privacy, a chair, electrical
outlet and refrigerator for storage of the expressed milk. Employees using the refrigerator
for expressed milk will provide their own clearly labeled container with their name. If
the employee has a private office, they may prefer to express milk in their office and
bring their own storage cooler for storage of their expressed milk.
Supervisors might expect an average employee to need between 15 – 20 minutes of break
time every two to four hours to express milk which may vary, depending on the
individual employee.