MN HF2259

Employers must provide reasonable unpaid break time daily to employees who need to express breast milk for an infant child, with breaks coordinated with existing break time when possible.

Employers must make reasonable efforts to provide a private room or location near the work area with electrical outlet access where employees can express milk in privacy, excluding bathroom stalls.

Employers are held harmless if reasonable effort to provide necessary accommodations has been made, and exception applies when denial is necessary to avoid undue disruption to operations.

Violations of nursing mother accommodation requirements are classified as unfair employment practices under Minnesota law, except when based on bona fide occupational qualifications.

Definition of "employer" includes any person or entity with one or more employees, including the state and its political subdivisions.