The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles, through its Breastfeeding Works Program, recognizes the efforts of companies who understand the need to provide an environment for its employees to a achieve a balanced work and family life.
If your employer helps you to combine work and breastfeeding or you know of another company that helps their employees in this way you can nominate them for a Family Health Promotion Award by clicking here.
June 13, 2011
The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles held a two 3-hour trainings for Human Resource Prefessionals on the Business Case for Breastfeeding. The Task Force trained 119 participants representing 89 companies, agencies, and departments including eight of the largest employers in the county. Topics of the training included an overview of the new Federal lactation law and its implications for employers and easy steps for implementing policies and programs to support worksite lactation accommodation.
Overwhelmingly, participants enjoyed the best practices panel which included model employers (City of Burbank, DWP, and NBC Universal) and our key governmental agencies who enforce our laws (US Department of Labor, US EEOC, CA Department of Fair Employement and Housing, and Division of Labor Standards Enforcement). The key message from the panel was that model employers adopt informal and formal policies of support for women to breastfeed through policy implementation and/or programs.
If you would like technical assistance on how to accommodate women in your workplace,please contact bfworks@breastfeedla.org.
Made possible by funding from the Department of Health and Human Services through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Breastfeeding Works is a project of the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles that promotes the implementation of employee policies and programs to support lactation in the workplace. Breastfeeding Works also aims to provide self advocacy tools and technical assistance to employees seeking help in transitioning back into the workforce and continuing to breastfeed.
