Kentucky employers and employees alike should know that new federal legislation increases job protections for lactating employees. Federal law governs nationwide and any greater protection under Kentucky law would still apply. 2022 PUMP Act and Kentucky protections Passed on a bipartisan basis, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) For Nursing Mothers Act amended federal law that already required most employers to provide reasonable break time and a private, clean area that is not a bathroom for pumping milk for the child’s first year of life. The PUMP Act governs almost all employe ..read more