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Breastfeeding Support Drives 58% Higher Retention of New Moms Compared to National Average

9/25/24

Employers

Breastfeeding Support Drives 58% Higher Retention of New Moms Compared to National Average

HR leaders know that supporting working parents is the right thing to do, but when it comes to getting the budget approved, the conversation often shifts to metrics, ROI, and hard numbers. How can you effectively make the case for supporting breastfeeding employees when decision-makers need to see tangible business outcomes? Our new white paper, The ROI of Investing in Breastfeeding Support: The Business Case for HR Managers, offers the data and insights you need to present a compelling argument…

2/6/19

Family Health, Pumping & Feeding, Current News

Count Nursing Mamas Out for Jury Duty

We know that adhering to your pumping schedule at work is tough, but trying to maintain a pumping schedule while on jury duty? What a nightmare! Imagine spending hours on end in a jury box while feeling increasingly swollen and/or leaky, or not having access to proper facilities – no thanks! Fortunately, states are catching on to this dilemma and have rolled out options that provide alternative solutions for nursing moms. As of 2019, at least seventeen states, along with…

New York Law Brings Changing Tables to Men’s Restrooms

2/5/19

Family Health, Current News

New York Law Brings Changing Tables to Men’s Restrooms

It’s as if dads just emerged. As of 2018, New York passed a new law that requires all men’s bathrooms to have changing tables, finally, but that was just the easy part. In 2018, a dad posted a photo of himself squatting on the bathroom floor changing his baby’s diaper. Donte Palmer began his post with, “What’s the deal with not having changing tables in men’s bathrooms as if we don’t exist!” He included a hashtag #squatforchange and his post…

New Airport Law Brings New Freedoms to Moms

11/19/18

Family Health, Current News

New Airport Law Brings New Freedoms to Moms

We all know, as moms, that there is nothing worse than getting scooted off into a tiny, uncomfortable, bathroom stall at the airport to pump or breastfeed. One mom, a superhero mom, for that matter decided she was going to make things a little bit easier for all the moms. Tammy Duckworth is a senator in Illinois, she was the first Asian American to be elected. She is a veteran who served in Iraq, who suffered major wounds causing her…

3 Key California Breastfeeding Laws your HR Department Should Know

7/12/18

Family Health, Pumping & Feeding, Current News

3 Key California Breastfeeding Laws your HR Department Should Know

California has several important legal protections for nursing mothers returning to work after maternity leave. It’s incredibly important that your HR department is aware of, and willingly compliant in, providing breastfeeding mothers with the benefits they are lawfully entitled to receive. Consider this your CliffsNotes® guide to California employment laws that protect breastfeeding. Each section provides an overview on one of three main laws with direct links to the associated policy. These laws focus on ensuring time and accommodations to…

6/16/18

Family Health, Current News

Happy Father’s Day, Superdad!

This one’s for all the Superdads out there! Today we celebrate you and all you do to support breastfeeding. We see you. And we appreciate you. It made our day when you: Helped make sure that we had a good latch Tackled all of the middle-of-the-night diaper changes Did the dream feed so we could get a little more sleep Brought us a tall glass of water when we were pumping or nursing, because the thirst kicked in Shared a…

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