RESOLUTION NO. 101
ESTABLISHING A POLICY THAT ALL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDINGS BE EQUIPPED WITH LACTATION ROOMS FOR NURSING EMPLOYEES AND AMENDING THE 2022 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Introduced: 3/14/22
By Ms. Cunningham, Messrs. A. Joyce, Feeney, Miller, R. Joyce, Ms. Willingham, Messrs. Beston, Bruschi, Ms. Chapman, Messrs. Clay, Cleary, Commisso, Domalewicz, Efekoro, Ethier, Fein, Kuhn, Ms. Lekakis, Mr. Mayo, Mss. McLaughlin, Plotsky, Messrs. Reinhardt, Ricard, Smith, Ward, Burgdorf, Collins, Drake, Grimm, Ms. Lockart, Mr. Mauriello, Ms. McLean Lane, Messrs. O'Brien, Perlee, Peter, Reidy, Simpson, Tunny and Ms. Whalen:
WHEREAS, New York State Labor Law 206-c establishes that nursing mothers have the right to express breast milk at the place of their employment, and
WHEREAS, Section 206-c further directs that an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location so that an employee can express breast milk in privacy, and
WHEREAS, Albany County has a history of putting the needs of its employees first, and establishing a policy that provides a place to express breast milk without the need for making a reasonable accommodation is in the best interests of our employees, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, that it shall be the policy of Albany County that all Albany County office buildings be equipped with "lactation rooms" for nursing employees and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the term "lactation room" means a sanitary place, other than a restroom, that can be used to express breast milk shielded from view and free from intrusion and that includes at minimum an electrical outlet, a chair, a surface on which to place a breast pump and other personal items, and nearby access to running water and, be it further
RESOLVED, That such lactation rooms shall be in reasonable proximity to the workforce and a refrigerator suitable for breast milk storage shall also...
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