Common use of Expressing Milk Clause in Contracts

Expressing Milk. 1. The Department incorporates by reference the City’s Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers, as amended from time to time. A firefighter desiring to express breast milk for her infant child will be provided with appropriate facilities as set forth in the City’s Civilian Handbook. These include the following: i. Reasonable paid break time each day to a nursing firefighter mother who needs to express breast milk for the firefighter’s infant child. The break time must, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the firefighter, unless the firefighter’s break time is meal period only, but the break time may not unduly disrupt the operations of the Department. ii. An appropriate room or place shall be provided for the firefighter to express breast milk in private. Such room or place shall be in close proximity to the firefighter’s work area, and shall not be a toilet stall. Means shall be provided to secure the door to any private area, or otherwise make it clear to others that the area is occupied with a need for privacy. Firefighters assigned to the field may take lactation breaks at the nearest appropriate private area. iii. A refrigerated area shall be provided for storage of expressed breast milk until the end of the firefighter’s shift.