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2025-02-22
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On their return to work after availing maternity leave, breastfeeding employees must be granted breastfeeding breaks on their request. The request for such breaks has to be accompanied by a medical certificate certifying that she is breastfeeding. The breastfeeding breaks have to be taken as follows: either two periods of 45 minutes each at the start and end of the employee's normal working day, or a single 90-minute period when the working day is divided by a one-hour break only and/or the woman cannot breastfeed her child at a location close to her workplace. Breastfeeding breaks must be considered as working time and paid accordingly.
Sources: §331(2) & 336(3) of Labour Code 2006, last amended in 2025
