New Jersey Breastfeeding-Friendly
Worksite Recognition Program
New Jersey Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces have made accommodations to support breastfeeding mothers as employees. This can be as simple as allowing employees to have flexible breaks and access to a private room for expressing milk or nursing. The room needs to have a comfortable chair and a lock on the door. *Minimum criteria for receiving this recognition are:
- All lactating employees are allowed reasonable breaks to express milk or nurse their children.
- All lactating employees have access to a private space for expressing milk or nursing. The space is not a bathroom. The space is lockable and shielded from view. The space has an electrical outlet.
Supportive policies and practices that enable women to successfully return to work and breastfeed send a message to all employees that breastfeeding is valued. Workplace support is a temporary need for each breastfeeding employee. Once babies begin eating solid foods at 6 months, milk expression requirements gradually diminish.
Easy Application Process
Applying for the New Jersey Breastfeeding-Friendly Worksite Recognition Program is easy!
- Complete the on-line self-assessment/application see below or click HERE
- Take a snapshot of the worksite’s lactation room and send copy of image to NJBreastfeedingCoalition@gmail.com
A NJ Breastfeeding Coalition representative will contact you to let you know your self- assessment/application and picture was received. Applications are reviewed quarterly and newly approved worksites will be listed on our website as a New Jersey Breastfeeding-Friendly Worksite. Your worksite will also receive a formal letter of recognition, suitable for framing, to let employees and patrons know of your valued efforts.
Disclaimer:
NJBC Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite Recognition does not imply an endorsement of all policies and practices of any recognized Worksite or Employer. Sites recognized have demonstrated at least 2 required criteria in the development of their Worksite lactation support initiatives.
Sample Workplace Breastfeeding Policy, click HERE for PDF copy:
Sample Workplace Breastfeeding Policy
Employer: ____________________________ Date: ______________
Our workplace makes accommodations to support breastfeeding employees.
- All lactating employees are allowed reasonable breaks to express milk or nurse their children.
- All lactating employees have access to a private space for expressing milk or nursing. The space is not a bathroom. The space is lockable and shielded from view. The space has an electrical outlet. The lactation support (a place to pump and break time) is verbally communicated to all current and future employees.
- A working sink near to the breastfeeding location is available where mothers can clean pumping equipment and wash hands.
- A written policy to support workplace lactation is provided to employees.
- There is access to a refrigerator for milk storage.
- Lactating employees are offered a flexible return to work policy (part-time, flex-time, job sharing, telecommunicating).
- The lactation space includes:
– comfortable chair
– small table or shelf
– lactation support information (e.g. ZipMilk.org)
Sites that have received recognition:
| Child Care Resources of Monmouth Co. | Neptune/Monmouth | March 2017 |
| Jersey Shore University Med. Ctr. | Neptune/Monmouth | May 2017 |
| Hackensack University Med. Ctr. | Hackensack/Bergen | May 2017 |
| Cooper University Hospital | Camden/Camden | October 2017 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank/Monmouth | January 2018 |
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