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What
is a Baby Friendly Workplace | Workplace
Toolkit
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A Baby Friendly workplace
provides a welcome place for feeding babies and
/or pumping breastmilk.
Is it expensive?
No
All you need:
For employers, what
is the law?
According to the Ontario
Human Rights Commission:
In Ontario, women are legally protected from discrimination
and harassment because of sex. The protection
includes pregnancy and breastfeeding. Nursing
mothers have the right to breastfeed a child in
a public area. No one should prevent a woman from
nursing simply because they are in a public area.
No one should ask a woman to “cover up”,
disturb them or ask them to move to another area
that is more discreet.
According to recommendation
7.59 of the Federal Labour Standards Review:
“Employers should
provide for short breaks during working hours
to afford nursing employees reasonable time off,
without pay, to breastfeed a child and /or to
express milk on the work site. Similar breaks
should also be available to employees who need
them to inject medications or for similar medical
purposes. Such breaks should be subject to operational
considerations, but should not be unreasonably
denied.
The Halton Baby Friendly
Initiative Workplace Toolkit has been developed
to assist you in developing a baby friendly environment
for staff and the public.
Additional information can
be found in "How
to Be a Family Friendly Workplace".
Please contact the Halton
BFI at 905-825-6000 or haltonbfi@halton.ca
if you would like assistance in becoming a baby
friendly workplace.
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