Clemson University promotes a family-friendly work and study environment for mothers and their infants. As a part of Clemson’s goal to provide employees, student workers and students with work/life balance, the University strives to offer clean, private space for new mothers to nurse and/or express breastmilk and flexible opportunities to do so during the work/school day.
The Clemson Lactation Network is a combination of:
Effective March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended the Fair Labors Standard Act to require employers to provide a nursing mother reasonable break time to express breast milk after the birth of her child. The amendment also requires that employers provide a place for an employee to express breast milk other than a bathroom.
Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Nothing in this subsection shall preempt a State law that provides greater protections to employees than the protections provided for under this subsection.
Tell your supervisor, manager, or Human Resources Partner during your pregnancy that you will need time and a space to pump breast milk when you return to work.
Your supervisor may not understand your needs once you return to work. Simply explain that you are going to continue breastfeeding and that you need flexible breaks and privacy in order to express milk while at work.
Please contact the CU Custodial Management Team at 864-656-0241 from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. or at 864-656-4950 from 1 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Directions:
Either take the elevator to the 3rd floor or enter from the breezeway that connects to the parking deck. From the elevator, turn right and follow the hallway to the first left (across from the water fountain). From the breezeway go straight and take the first left.
Room 345 is the first room on the left. The break room referenced is across the hall to the left.
