Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
House hearing spotlights bill to extend workplace lactation protections to certain farmworkers
Summary
Witnesses told the House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee that House Bill 2541 would extend Oregon's existing lactation break and private-space protections to hand-harvest and piece-rate agricultural laborers currently excluded under state law.
House Bill 2541, which would extend state workplace protections for expressing breast milk to a subset of farmworkers, drew support at a March 19 public hearing before the House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.
Representative Andrea Vadarama, who identified herself as the sponsor and said she represents House District 47 in Outer East Portland, told the committee HB 2541 would provide an individual employed in agriculture as a hand-harvest or pruning laborer and paid on a piece-rate basis the same rights to express breast milk in the workplace that many other workers already have. "Without these rest periods, mothers may struggle to maintain breastfeeding, which can lead to health complications for both…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
