2009 Wis. Laws, Act 148 provides that a mother may breastfeed her child in any public or private location where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be.
Cal. Civil Code § 43.3 (1997) allows a mother to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, except the private home or residence of another, where the mother and the child are otherwise authorized to be present. (AB 157)
D.C. Code Ann. § 2-1402.81 et seq. amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to include breastfeeding as part of the definition of discrimination on the basis of sex, to ensure a woman's right to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where she has the right to be with her child.
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JoAnn M. Hart is an attorney with Boardman & Clark LLP. She counsels and represents private and public sector employers on a wide variety of employment law issues under local, state and federal laws, including Family and Medical Leave laws, disability laws, wage and hour laws, and laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, and regularly presents to a variety of audiences on these legal issues. Ms. Hart has appeared before local, state and federal agencies that enforce these laws, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, state commissions, administrative law judges and arbitrators.
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