Navajo Law Provides the Right to Breastfeed to Working Moms

Navajo lawmakers have approved a new measure that would require employers on the reservation to provide a place for working mothers to breastfeed. Under the Navajo Nation Healthy Start Act, mothers would be allowed unpaid time during their workday to breastfeed their child or to use a breast pump. Employers would have 90 days to send a written plan to the Office of Navajo Labor Relations detailing how they will comply with the law. The Navajo president will then have 10 days to sign or veto the plan. This law would affect approximately 5,000 women between 16 and 44 years old.

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