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Labor/Employment

Nov. 7, 2019

State law on lactation space rights could spawn new PAGA claims

Senate Bill 142, a law that will expand lactation space requirements and provide employee rights to lactation accommodation breaks, could become a catalyst for new claims under the Private Attorney's General Act once it takes effect Jan. 1, experts said Tuesday.

Senate Bill 142, a law that will expand lactation space requirements and provide employee rights to lactation accommodation breaks, could become a catalyst for new claims under the Private Attorney's General Act once it takes effect Jan. 1, experts said Tuesday.

The bill, introduced by state Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, and signed by Gov. Newsom in October, expands on the state's 2002 "general lactation" law that employers m...

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