DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION 200-2699.5›PART 3. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES 920-1138.5›CHAPTER 3.8. Lactation Accommodation 1030-1033

§ 1030

California Labor Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every employer, including the state and any political subdivision, shall provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee’s infant child. The break time shall, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. Break time for an employee that does not run concurrently with the rest time authorized for the employee by the applicable wage order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be unpaid.

(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 821, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)

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