Local Breastfeeding Support
The Kern County Breastfeeding Coalition has complied these lactation and maternal, infant, child resources for health professionals and community members.
Legal Aid At Work
Clinics & Hotlines
The Worker's
Right Clinic
Provides low-income and unemployment people with FREE, confidential information about their legal rights related to work in California.
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Bilingual Services Available in: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and many more.
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Nearest Office Locations:
Fresno, CA: (559) 570-1200
San Bernardino: (909) 889-7328
Los Angeles: (323) 752-7287
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Work & Family Helpline:
(800) 880-8047
Toll-Free in California
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Pregnancy & My Job
A Guide line to What,
When & How
Legal Aid At Work, aims to empower workers who are parents, pregnant, family caregivers, or caring for their own health to access time off from work, paid leave, and other workplace accommodations.
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Work & Family Helpline
Toll-free in California (800) 880-8047
Sample Letters
DO-IT-YOURSELF
Letters, Toolkit, & Guides
Legal Aid at Work offers FREE information online, including the following sample letters, toolkits, and guides.
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Sample Letters:
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Request for Pregnancy Accommodation
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Sample Request for Pregnancy/and/or Bonding Leave
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Sample Request for Leave for Your Own Health Condition (FMLA/CFRA) & much more!
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Lactation Accommodation in California
Californians are fortunate to have some of the strongest legal protections for lactation accommodation and chest/breastfeeding rights.
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In many cases, California’s lactation laws are stronger than those at the federal level, which can cause confusion among the general public. It’s important to know both your state and federal rights, so you can assert them when necessary and appropriate. Information on filing complaints when your rights are violated are at the bottom of this page.
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-California Breastfeeding Coalition
If you feel your employer is not providing you with adequate break time and/or a place to express milk as provided for in LAB §1030, you may file a report/claim with the Labor Commissioner’s Bureau of Field Enforcement (BOFE) at the BOFE office nearest your place of employment.
Under the federal PUMP Act, you can file a lawsuit for lack of compliance — even if you haven’t filed a complaint with the Department of Labor. A lawsuit can be filed immediately in the following circumstances:
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For violations of the break time requirement.
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If your employer has indicated no intention of providing private space for pumping.
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If you have been fired for requesting break time or space.
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The following organizations may be able to help:
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Local Lactation Rooms
University/ College Campus
Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex- Including pregnancy, parenting and all related conditions- in education and in programs and activities that receive federal funding. If you are a pregnant or parenting student, you have the right to stay in school so you can meet your education and career goals.
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Student Services: Lactation Accommodations (2018) – AB 2785
Education Code Section 66271.9
66271.9. (a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and a satellite campus of these systems and the University of California are encouraged to, provide reasonable accommodations on their respective campuses for a lactating student to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant child, or address other needs related to breast-feeding.
