The New York City Council - File #: Int 0905-2018

• File #: Int 0905-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring employers to implement a lactation room accommodation policy.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Final action: 11/17/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring employers to implement a lactation room accommodation policy
• Sponsors: Carlina Rivera , Laurie A. Cumbo, Keith Powers , Diana I. Ayala, Fernando Cabrera , Costa G. Constantinides, Ben Kallos, Helen K. Rosenthal, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Brad S. Lander, Adrienne E. Adams, Stephen T. Levin, Inez D. Barron

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/17/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
10/15/2018	A	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amended by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Laid Over by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 905-A

By Council Members Rivera, Cumbo, Powers, Ayala, Cabrera, Constantinides, Kallos, Rosenthal, Ampry-Samuel, Lander, Adams, Levin and Barron

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring employers to implement a lactation room accommodation policy
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision 22 of section 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) Employer lactation room accommodation policy.
(i) An employer shall develop and implement a written policy regarding the provision of a lactation room, which shall be distributed to all employees upon hiring. The policy shall include a statement that employees have a right to request a lactation room, and identify a process by which employees may request a lactation room. This process shall:
(1) Specify the means by which an employee may submit a request for a lactation room;
(2) Require that the employer respond to a request for a lactation room within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed five business days;
(3) Provide a procedure to follow when two or more individuals need to use the lactation room at the same time, including contact information for any follow up required;
(4) State that the employer shall provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk pursuant to section 206-c of the labor law; and
(5) State that if the request for a lactation room poses an undue hardship on the employer, the employer shall engage in a cooperative dialogue, as required by subdivision 28 of this section.
(ii) The commission shall, in collaboration with the department of health and mental hygiene, develop a model lactation room accommodation policy that conforms to the requirements of this subdivision and a model lactation room request form. The commission shall make such...