Since Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993, businesses, including law firms, have been forced to recognize the significant role of family and medical obligations in employees’ lives. Specifically, the FMLA provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons and up to 26 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave to care for an injured or ill military member.
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to provide reasonable break time and a private place (other than a restroom) for nursing mothers to express breast milk for up to one year after the birth of a child.
