Senate
File
2270
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2270
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND
BUSINESS
RELATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2112)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
workplace
accommodations
for
employees
who
1
express
breast
milk.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
91F.1
Short
title.
1
This
chapter
shall
be
known
and
may
be
cited
as
the
“Family
2
Friendly
Workplace
Act”
.
3
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
91F.2
Definitions.
4
1.
“Employer”
means
a
person
engaged
in
a
business
who
has
5
one
or
more
employees
and
also
includes
the
state
of
Iowa,
a
6
department
or
agency
thereof,
and
any
political
subdivision
of
7
the
state.
8
2.
“Reasonable
efforts”
means
any
effort
that
would
not
9
impose
an
undue
hardship
on
the
operation
of
the
employer’s
10
business.
11
3.
“Undue
hardship”
means
any
action
that
requires
12
significant
difficulty
or
expense
when
considered
in
relation
13
to
factors
such
as
the
size
of
the
business,
the
financial
14
resources
of
the
business,
or
the
nature
and
the
structure
of
15
its
operation.
16
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
91F.3
Right
to
express
breast
milk
in
17
workplace
——
private
location.
18
1.
An
employer
shall
provide
reasonable
unpaid
break
time
or
19
permit
an
employee
to
use
paid
break
time,
meal
time,
or
both,
20
each
day,
to
allow
the
employee
to
express
breast
milk
for
the
21
employee’s
nursing
child
for
up
to
two
years
after
the
child’s
22
birth.
23
2.
The
employer
shall
make
reasonable
efforts
to
provide
a
24
place,
other
than
a
toilet
stall,
which
is
shielded
from
view
25
and
free
from
intrusion
from
coworkers
and
the
public,
that
may
26
be
used
by
an
employee
to
express
breast
milk
in
privacy.
27
3.
An
employer
who
makes
reasonable
efforts
to
accommodate
28
an
employee
who
chooses
to
express
breast
milk
in
the
workplace
29
shall
be
deemed
to
be
in
compliance
with
the
requirements
of
30
this
section.
31
4.
The
department
of
workforce
development
shall
provide
on
32
its
internet
site
information
and
links
to
other
internet
sites
33
where
employers
can
access
information
regarding
methods
to
34
accommodate
employees
who
express
breast
milk
in
the
workplace.
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The
department
shall
consult
with
appropriate
organizations
1
or
associations
to
determine
the
appropriate
information
and
2
internet
site
links
so
as
to
provide
employers
with
the
most
3
accurate
and
useful
information
available.
4
5.
Before
an
employee
may
initiate
litigation
for
a
5
violation
of
this
section,
there
shall
be
mediation
between
6
the
employer
and
employee
pursuant
to
chapter
679C
unless
the
7
issue
is
outside
the
scope
of
that
chapter
pursuant
to
section
8
679C.103.
9
Sec.
4.
Section
91.5,
Code
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
91.5
Other
duties
——
jurisdiction
in
general.
12
The
commissioner
shall
have
jurisdiction
and
it
shall
be
the
13
commissioner’s
duty
to
supervise
the
enforcement
of:
14
1.
All
laws
relating
to
safety
appliances
and
inspection
15
thereof
and
health
conditions
in
manufacturing
and
mercantile
16
establishments,
workshops,
machine
shops,
other
industrial
17
concerns
within
the
commissioner’s
jurisdiction
and
sanitation
18
and
shelter
for
railway
employees.
19
2.
All
laws
of
the
state
relating
to
child
labor.
20
3.
All
laws
relating
to
employment
agencies.
21
4.
All
laws
relating
to
expressing
breast
milk
in
the
22
workplace.
23
4.
5.
Such
other
provisions
of
law
as
are
now
or
shall
24
hereafter
be
within
the
commissioner’s
jurisdiction.
25
EXPLANATION
26
This
bill
concerns
the
accommodation
in
the
workplace
of
27
employees
who
express
breast
milk.
28
The
bill
requires
that
an
employer
provide
an
employee
29
who
expresses
breast
milk
reasonable
time
each
day,
paid
or
30
unpaid,
to
express
breast
milk
for
up
to
two
years
after
the
31
birth
of
the
employee’s
child.
The
employer
is
also
required
32
to
make
reasonable
efforts
to
provide
a
private
place
other
33
than
a
toilet
stall
for
the
employee
to
express
breast
milk.
34
“Reasonable
efforts”
is
defined
in
the
bill.
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The
department
of
workforce
development
is
required
to
1
provide
on
its
internet
site
information
and
other
internet
2
site
links
that
give
employers
access
to
information
about
3
methods
of
accommodating
employees
who
express
breast
milk
at
4
work.
5
The
bill
states
that
before
an
employee
can
litigate
an
6
employer’s
alleged
violation
of
the
bill,
the
employee
and
7
employer
are
required
to
participate
in
mediation
pursuant
to
8
Code
chapter
679C.
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