820 ILCS 260/ Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act.

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820 ILCS 260/1

(820 ILCS 260/1)

Sec. 1.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)

820 ILCS 260/5

(820 ILCS 260/5)

Sec. 5.

Definitions.

In this Act:

"Employee" means a person currently employed or subject to recall
after layoff or leave of absence with a right to return at a position with
an employer or a former employee who has terminated service within the
preceding year.

"Employer" means an individual, corporation, partnership, labor organization,
or unincorporated association, the State, an agency or political subdivision
of the State, or any other legal, business, or commercial entity that has
more than 5 employees exclusive of the employer's parent,
spouse, or child or other members of the employer's immediate family.
"Employer" includes
an agent of an employer.

(Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)

820 ILCS 260/10

(820 ILCS 260/10)

Sec. 10. Break time for nursing mothers.

An employer shall provide
reasonable break time to an employee who needs to express
breast milk
for her nursing infant child each time the employee has the need to express milk for one year after the child's birth.  The break time may run concurrently with
any break
time already provided to the employee. An employer may not reduce an employee's compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk or nursing a baby.  An employer shall provide reasonable
break
time as needed by the employee unless to do so would create an undue hardship as defined by item (J) of Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-1003, eff. 8-21-18.)

820 ILCS 260/15

(820 ILCS 260/15)

Sec. 15.

Private place for nursing mothers.

An employer shall make
reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to
the work
area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee described in Section 10 can
express her
milk in privacy.

(Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)

820 ILCS 260/99

(820 ILCS 260/99)

Sec. 99.

Effective date.

This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)