GBDA: Mother Friendly Workplace

Code: GBDA

Adopted: 10/14/10

Revised/Readopted: 5/13/15; 8/28/19

The district recognizes that a normal and important role for mothers is to have the option and ability to express milk or breast-feed in the workplace. Employees must give notice of intent to express milk or breast-feed to your building administrator. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the district and the employee, the district shall provide the employee a 30-minute rest period to express milk or breast-feed during each 4-hour work period, or the major part of a 4-hour work period, to be taken by the employee approximately in the middle of the work period. If feasible, the employee will take the rest period at the same time as the rest periods or meal periods provided by the district.

The district will make a reasonable effort to provide a location, other than a public restroom or toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee’s work area, where an employee can express milk or breast-feed in private, concealed from view and without intrusion by other employees or the public. “Close proximity” means within walking distance from the employee’s work area that does not appreciably shorten the rest or meal period. If a private location is not within close proximity to the employee’s work area, the district may not include the time taken to travel to and from the location as part of the break period.

The following locations have been identified in each facility for milk expression or breast-feeding:

1. District office: Single use ADA restroom with lock, private seating area, outlet and sink, at Salish Ponds Elementary;
2. Elementary Schools:
   • Alder:      Locking file room-adjacent to Principal’s office.
   • Davis:      Principal’s office and PE office in gym.
   • Fairview: Room 222.
   • Glenfair: Storage room in vack of room 11. Private space and meets all requirements.
   • Hartley:   Conference room.
   • Margaret Scott: Principal’s office; classroom (teacher’s own, with door locked and sign posted “do not disturb”; closet in modular bldg.; shower room; mini kitchen in music room.
   • Salish Ponds: Three locations: downstairs in principal’s office; single use ADA restroom with lock, private seating area, outlet and sink; upstairs in the book room there is office space.
   • Sweetbriar: Conference room in main office.
   • Troutdale: “The Sandy Lodge” room 107 on main floor, across from cafeteria.
   • Wilkes: Music room, with private entrance and mini fridge to store breast milk.
   • Woodland: Suite C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
3. Middle schools (MS): 
   • HB Lee MS: PE Teacher office in girl’s locker room-has locking door and bathroom next door.
   • Reynolds MS: Room 611-Nurses are located here.
   • Walt Morey MS: Room 130A-Next door to Library.
4. Reynolds High School: Main building, room #85.
5. Reynolds Learning Academy: Nurse’s office with locking door and sink.
6. Transportation: Two locations: Coordinator’s office and Supervisor’s office.
7. Facilities/Operations: Facilitator’s office that locks in facilities building; women’s only bathroom in building B West.
8. Other facility locations and designated locations:
   • Arts & Communication Bldg.: 2^nd floor, private restroom.
   • Edgefield, Bldg. A:  Private, locking restroom (Professional Development Center):
   • Edgefield, Bldg. G: Debra Miller’s office (no room #)
   • Edgefield, Bldg. H: Heather Finkas’ office (no room #)
   • IT/Media: Private women’s restroom
   • Nutrition Services: Private, locking restroom in nutrition services office in warehouse.

An employee who expresses milk during work hours may use the available refrigeration to store the expressed milk. The district must allow the employee to bring a cooler or other insulated food container to work for storing the expressed milk and ensure there is adequate space in the workplace to accommodate the employee’s cooler or insulated food container.

This policy and the list of designated locations is published in the employee handbook. The list of designated locations is available upon request in the central office of each school facility and in the district’s central office.

This policy only applies to employees who are expressing milk or breast-feeding for children 18 months of age or younger.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

ORS 243.650                                                                  

ORS 653.256

ORS 653.077                                                                       

OAR 839-020-0051

Cross Reference(s):

GCBD/GDBD - Sick Leaves and Absences

GCBDD/GDBDD - Sick Time