Bill Text: MN SF2000 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Employer duties for nursing mothers accommodations expansion and enforcement requirements
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2000 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2000-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Employer duties for nursing mothers accommodations expansion and enforcement requirements
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2000 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2000-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human rights; clarifying unfair employment practices related to
1.3nursing mothers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.939; 363A.08,
1.4by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.939, is amended to read:
1.7181.939 NURSING MOTHERS.
1.8(a) An employer must provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an
1.9employee who needs to express breast milk for her infant child. The break time must,
1.10if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. An
1.11employer is not required to provide break time under this section if to do so would unduly
1.12disrupt the operations of the employer.
1.13(b) The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location,
1.14in close proximity to the work area, other than a bathroom or a toilet stall, that is shielded
1.15from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and that includes access
1.16to an electrical outlet, where the employee can express her milk in privacy. The employer
1.17would be held harmless if reasonable effort has been made.
1.18(c) For the purposes of this section, "employer" means a person or entity that
1.19employs one or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.
1.20(d) A violation of this section is an unfair employment practice as provided for under
1.21section 363A.08, subdivision 8.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 363A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.23to read:
2.1 Subd. 8. Nursing mothers. Except when based on a bona fide occupational
2.2qualification, any violation of section 181.939 by an employer is an unfair employment
2.3practice.
1.3nursing mothers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.939; 363A.08,
1.4by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.939, is amended to read:
1.7181.939 NURSING MOTHERS.
1.8(a) An employer must provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an
1.9employee who needs to express breast milk for her infant child. The break time must,
1.10if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. An
1.11employer is not required to provide break time under this section if to do so would unduly
1.12disrupt the operations of the employer.
1.13(b) The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location,
1.14in close proximity to the work area, other than a bathroom or a toilet stall, that is shielded
1.15from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and that includes access
1.16to an electrical outlet, where the employee can express her milk in privacy. The employer
1.17would be held harmless if reasonable effort has been made.
1.18(c) For the purposes of this section, "employer" means a person or entity that
1.19employs one or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.
1.20(d) A violation of this section is an unfair employment practice as provided for under
1.21section 363A.08, subdivision 8.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 363A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.23to read:
2.1 Subd. 8. Nursing mothers. Except when based on a bona fide occupational
2.2qualification, any violation of section 181.939 by an employer is an unfair employment
2.3practice.
