IS THERE A LAW....

DIANA

Is there a law that requires a manufacturing facility to provide couches in ladies bathrooms? If so, please tell me where I can find it.

Terry

The only law I think may even touch on this would be in relation to breastfeeding but I am sorry to say I am not up to date on this. Anyone else?

Margaret Morford

Terry's right. Some states have enacted breastfeeding statutes that require employers to provide a private place for ladies that are breastfeeding. There must be a place for the ladies to sit down. It can be in a bathroom, but cannot be a bathroom stall and must afford privacy. If you're a Law Center Member, you can search on this website to see if your state has passed such a law and what the statue requires you to do.

Other than those statutes, I'm unaware of anything else that would require the couches.

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Rockie

I am sure if there was a law to provide couches for "ladies", the men would be screaming for equal couch treatment. No, there is no such law.

Terry

I found a link that lists the states with breastfeeding laws.

[url]http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/breast.htm[/url]

Hope this helps.

Gillian

Just a bit of history. There used to be such laws in state labor laws - reflecting the old thinking that females needed extra stuff, to make a go of it, I guess. Those laws were gradually dropped over the years so that I don't know of any that remain. There are still people who work in manufacturing that think that the laws exist - in fact, I received a call last week from someone I know in manufacturing who was checking out the same idea.

bsa

Sounds like the law in Texas about carrying wire cutters on your person. The law was enacted when barbed wire first hit the Texas borders; upsetting many free-ranging cattlemen. To my knowledge, it hasn't been removed from the law books!