Breastfeeding
Employment Code Act 2019 provides for nursing breaks. A female worker who is nursing an unweaned child (under the age of 6 months) is entitled each working day, at a time convenient to the worker and having regard to the child’s needs, a nursing break of maximum one-hour duration. Instead of one break, two breaks each of 30-minute duration can also be provided.
The nursing breaks are available for a period of 6 months from the date of delivery. Nursing breaks are counted as working hours.
Source: §45 of the Employment Code Act, 2019
