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Teachers and advocates urge state law to match federal Pump Act for workplace breastfeeding protections
Summary
Witnesses supporting Senate Bill 1030 and related House bills told the Labor and Public Employees Committee that Connecticut should align state law with the Federal Pump Act of 2023 to ensure flexible break time and appropriate private lactation spaces, particularly for teachers who lack routine breaks during the school day.
Advocates and a teacher testified the Labor and Public Employees Committee should align Connecticut law with recent federal protections that guarantee reasonable break time and private space to express breast milk.
Senator Jan Hockadel introduced testimony on Senate Bill 1030 and ceded time to Chad Cardillo, a social studies teacher at Maloney High School in Meriden and a local union leader. Cardillo described a colleague who left teaching because of difficulties finding time and space to express breast milk after returning from leave. "We know that even though it…
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