Class-action risk: Comply now with PUMP Act.

• Date: 01 September 2023

The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, a new federal law that greatly expanded the right of new mothers to express breast milk for their infants through unlimited breaks during the workday, went into effect in April. The PUMP Act gave employees the right to sue their employers in federal court if they were denied milk expression breaks in a private location that's not a bathroom.

Now, just months later, the first PUMP Act lawsuit has been filed, on behalf of all...