Indiana § 5-10-6-2 - Paid breaks for expressing breast milk
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 5-10-6-2 — Paid breaks for expressing breast milk, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-10-6-2. Paid breaks for expressing breast milk
Sec. 2. (a) The state and political subdivisions of the state shall provide reasonable paid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for the employee's infant child. The break time must, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. The state and political subdivisions are not required to provide break time under this section if providing break time would unduly disrupt the operations of the state or political subdivisions.
(b) The state and political subdivisions of the state shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the work area, where an employee described in subsection (a) can express the employee's breast milk in privacy. The state and political subdivisions shall make reasonable efforts to provide a refrigerator or other cold storage space for keeping milk that has been expressed. The state or a political subdivision is not liable if the state or political subdivision makes a reasonable effort to comply with this subsection.
As added by P.L.13-2008, SEC.2.
IC 5-10-7Chapter 7. Employee Interchange Programs
5-10-7-1Intergovernmental cooperation 5-10-7-2Definitions 5-10-7-3Participating entities; periods of individual assignment 5-10-7-4Status of employees 5-10-7-5Sending agencies; travel expenses; per diem allowance 5-10-7-6Receiving agencies; compensation; status of employees 5-10-7-7Receiving agencies; travel expenses 5-10-7-8Department of administration; implementation of chapter
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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