Posts tagged 207(r).
A recent settlement emphasizes that employers must be sure they are prepared to respond appropriately to a nursing mother's request for breaks to express breastmilk.
The U.S. Labor Department reports that a temporary-staffing employee has received $1,152 in back-wages and unspecified "other damages" for what it contended was a violation of the FLSA's Section 7(r).
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Prudent employers will consider ahead of time how they plan to respond when an employee invokes the FLSA's nursing-mother break requirement.
A federal court has ruled that an employee could not enforce the FLSA's Section 7(r) in a lawsuit.