Lactation Spaces for Students and Employees

Students:

1. Review Students Pregnancy/Parenting webpage.
2. For Supportive Measures requests please contact Carmen Sirizzotti, Title IX Coordinator, at csirizzotti@unmc.edu.

Employees:

1. UNMC follows and supports the guidelines established under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Protections for Employees to Pump Breast Milk at Work
2. Employees have the right to take reasonable break time to express breast milk for their nursing child for one year after the child’s birth and each time such employee has need to express the milk.
3. Employees who telework are eligible to take pump breaks under the FLSA on the same basis as other employees.
4. Employees must be provided with a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and public, which may be used be an employee to express milk.
5. Compensation for Break Time to Pump Breast Milk: When an employee is using break time at work to express breast milk:
   1. Must be completed relieved from duty; or
   2. Must be paid for the break time.
   3. In addition, the employee, must be compensated in the same way that other employees are compensated for break time.
6. Contact UNMC Human Resources Employee Relations at employeerelations@unmc.edu for questions related to leaves, accommodations under ADA, concerns, and/or complaints.

For supportive measures requests, questions, concerns, or complaints please contact Carmen Sirizzotti, Title IX Coordinator, at csirizzotti@unmc.edu.