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NY A03998
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Phara Souffrant Forrest
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AI Summary
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Adds "hygienic" as a new requirement for workplace lactation rooms and specifies the room must be located outside the confines of a public restroom
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Requires employers to provide a dedicated refrigerator in lactation rooms that can only be used for lactation-related purposes, removing the previous conditional language about workplace refrigeration access
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Eliminates the "undue hardship" exemption that previously allowed employers to provide reduced accommodations based on business size, financial resources, or operational constraints
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Mandates employers post the lactation policy in common/break areas, employee handbooks, and on the employer's website or an internet location accessible to employees
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Amends Labor Law Section 206-c, originally added in 2022, with immediate effective date upon passage
Legislative Description
Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace; requires that employers post written policies regarding the rights of nursing employees.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026