Labcorp to implement compliance measures at more than 2K U.S. locations
BURLINGTON, NC – To ensure nursing mothers can care for their newborns and earn a living, federal law requires employers to designate a place for them to express milk privately without fear of intrusion.
A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found supervisors employed by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, better known as Labcorp, failed to secure an employee space as required at their clinical lab in Lynwood, California, in violation of the break time for nursing mothers’ requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina.
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that when an employee at the Lynwood location asked for a private place to express breast milk, supervisors offered a common space co-owned by Labcorp and a retail pharmacy chain operator, and used by employees of both companies. As a result, an employee trying to express breast milk was interrupted twice by other workers.
To resolve the violations, Labcorp will provide a private space as required with a notification on the door to guarantee an intrusion-free space. In addition, the company has published and advertised to employees the updated nursing mothers’ policy.
“Employers who fail to provide designated space as the law requires are creating a barrier for women willing and ready to return to the workforce,” said Wage and Hour...
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