Nothing in this policy will be enforced to interfere with, restrain or coerce, or retaliate against employees regarding their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. San Francisco Accommodations for Nursing Mothers In accordance with San Francisco's Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, CREA, LLC will provide reasonable lactation accommodation to employees who work in San Francisco and who wish to express breast milk at work. For purposes of this policy, lactation accommodation means lactation breaks and a lactation location.
Lactation Breaks
The Company will provide reasonable break time to accommodate the expression of breast milk. The break time will, if possible, run concurrently with meal and break time you are already provided. If the time for your meal and break does not run concurrently, or when additional time is necessary, the break time may be unpaid.
Lactation Location
The Company will provide a lactation location, in close proximity to your work area, for you to express breast milk. The lactation location will: Be safe, clean, and free of toxic or hazardous materials. Be shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public. Contain a place to sit and a surface to place a breast pump and personal items. Have access to electricity. Have access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator. The lactation location may be the place where you normally work if it otherwise meets the above requirements. Multipurpose rooms may be used as a lactation location if they satisfy the above requirements; however, use of the room for lactation must take priority over other uses. Restrooms may not be used for lactation purposes.
Requesting Accommodation
You have the right to request lactation accommodation. You may make this request verbally, by email, or in writing. Upon receiving your request for accommodation, the Company will engage in an interactive process to determine an appropriate lactation break period(s) and lactation location. The Company will respond to your request in writing or by email within five business days. If the Company denies your request and does not provide lactation breaks or a lactation location or provides a lactation location that does not comply with the ordinance's requirements on the basis of an exemption, the Company will provide you a written response that identifies the basis upon which your request was denied.
Retaliation
The Company will not discriminate or retaliate against employees who exercise their rights under the ordinance. This includes those who request time to express breast milk at work and/or who lodge a complaint related to the right to lactation accommodation.
Exception
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be relieved of the duty to provide the above accommodations.
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