Posted on 02/03/2015 6:40:59 PM PST by Lexinom
Ames claimed that on the morning she returned from a two-month maternity leave in July 2010, the company refused to let her use its lactation rooms because its policy required mothers to complete paperwork seeking security access and wait three days for processing. She had been unaware of that requirement. A company nurse suggested she use a wellness room that was occupied at the time, but also cautioned that doing so might expose her milk to germs.
Ames said she was in pain while waiting for that room to be vacated, when her supervisor informed her that she would be expected to work overtime to catch up on her work or face disciplinary action. Ames then went to her department head, Karla Neel, to see if she could find her a place to lactate, but was told that was not Neel’s responsibility.
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It looks to me like the mother's concerns about whatever took priority over feeding her child. Why did she not feed her child discreetly with a shawl instead of complaining about her pain?
It meant, “You said it in a nutshell.” Well done for using words economically!
Breastfeeding is an entirely natural female bodily function, and more often than not, something most mothers experience.
It is entirely understandable to “need to express milk” if your baby is not physically present, or not in the mood to feed, when your breasts reach the milk production point of pain.
Weaning a child from breast milk is also painful.
It happens.
A short trip to the bathroom, standing over a toilet or sink, gets the job done re expressing excess milk.
Weaning a child is worse, and requires more planning and preparation, because if you express the milk, it prolongs milk production and pain.
It's not fun, and never pain free. It is what it is.
Women are different from men.Duh!
People like you, and the special snowflake in this case, seem to think braying for “special rights” while also demanding total “equality in the workplace” is possible.
It's not.
That's a very special kind of illogical/stupid position!
I don't know if it will ever occur to you that your position probably hardens the often referenced “glass ceiling” to concrete, but there is always hope.
You refuse to acknowledge that she was obviously trying to “bank” her milk on company paid time.Her personal choice to breastfeed while working. I admire her choice, but it's one that requires planning and effort.Obviously not in evidence here.
It's really hard to express enough fresh breast milk in the first months after birth to meet most reputable infant childcare facilities demands.
You must provide the canned or powdered baby formula, or the fresh or frozen breast milk, sufficient for the infants needs each day.
It seldom works to try to mix formula bottle feedings and breastfeeding.
Pick one or the other.
The physical benefits of breastfeeding are satisfied in the first six weeks.(oddly enough, that's also the standard maternity leave) It's also way less expensive to breastfeed for the first year, and skip bottles entirely.
That does not mean any employer is required to jump through hoops for your personal preferences on a personal matter.
Sheesh!
Have you never worked with a father who had to stay home with a sick child?
He would have to use a sick day, or a vacation day, in order to be paid for the time off. If he burns through enough days, he is either going to be fired, or if his employer “has a heart”, not paid for those days he is absent from work. He will also be the last man to get a pay raise or promotion.
I really don't understand people who seem to have sexist based split standards.
Actually, quite the contrary. I’m dead-set against extra red tape and regulations for companies; it’s good that the SCOTUS chose to abstain in this case. I’m also against them imposing them on their employees - i.e. micromanaging to the point someone cannot take 15 minutes to go to the ladies room and do precisely what you described. That’s flat-out inhuman.
What? I don’t refuse to acknowledge anything in my above response - which still stands.
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