Tag: breastfeeding

Lactation intolerance

By Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison Jun 27, 2014 EntertainHR

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

When Karlesha Thurman got ready for her college graduation ceremony, she probably had no idea that she would be picking up international news coverage along with her accounting degree. Thurman’s three-month-old daughter became hungry during the festivities and Thurman did what countless other mothers have done–she nursed her hungry baby. A friend snapped a photograph […]

Breastfeeding Employee Entitled to Equal, Not Preferential, Treatment

By Louisiana Employment Law Letter Oct 2, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Oct 2, 2009

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans recently addressed a case in which the employee alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The dispute arose when the employee claimed she was given insufficient break time to express breast milk following the […]