SB125 Summary

• Amends existing law to require employers to "shall" (rather than "may") make reasonable efforts to provide a private, secure, sanitary room or nearby location for employees to express milk or breastfeed

• Defines "reasonable efforts" as any effort that would not impose undue hardship, and "undue hardship" based on business size, financial resources, and operational nature

• Maintains existing provision allowing employers to provide reasonable unpaid break time for breastfeeding or milk expression, running concurrently with other breaks when possible

• Requires the State Department of Health to issue periodic reports on breastfeeding rates, complaints received, and benefits reported by working mothers and employers

• Effective date: November 1, 2011