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What
is a Baby Friendly Workplace | Workplace
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Women with young children
are a large part of the labour force. Among employed
women with children under three years of age,
approximately 70 percent work fulltime.1
Employers can support their
breastfeeding employees for minimal investment
and benefit from employees who have healthier
children.
Benefits include:
- Less absenteeism-breastfeeding
women are less likely to be absent from work
to attend to an ill baby or child
- Improved worker productivity,
morale and loyalty-women whose employers have
recognized and assisted them in their goal for
continued breastfeeding have improved job satisfaction
- Less staff turnover-
Breastfeeding women are more likely to return
to work, resulting in less staff turnover. This
allows employers to keep trained, experienced
and motivated staff
In addition to these financial
benefits, employers who establish Baby Friendly
Workplaces will be viewed as progressive employers
who are supportive of families. 2 Breastfeeding
is a right supported by law.
Pregnancy
& Breastfeeding: Your Rights & Responsibilities
Policy
on Discrimination Because of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
References
1. Fein SB, Roe, B. The effect of work status
on initiation and duration of breast-feeding.
AMJ Public Health 1998;88 (7):1042-1046
2. Ontario Public Health Association
2007 Creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace
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