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Explore more","Labour Laws Botswana: Breastfeeding","\u002Fen-bw\u002Fwork-in-botswana\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fbreastfeeding","labourlaw.labourlawpage","en_BW","2025-07-26T12:01:28.330000+00:00","2026-04-08T10:26:07.604279+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F462\u002Fedit\u002F",[18,21,24,27,30],{"title":19,"slug":20},"Botswana","en-bw",{"title":22,"slug":23},"Work in Botswana","work-in-botswana",{"title":25,"slug":26},"Labour Law","labour-law",{"title":28,"slug":29},"Maternity and Work","maternity-and-work",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":32,"description":9,"image":33,"canonical":34,"robots":35,"og_type":36,"twitter_card":37,"locale":20,"created_at":38,"last_modified_at":39},"Breastfeeding at Work, Nursing Breaks - Botswana","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fen-bw\u002Fwork-in-botswana\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fbreastfeeding\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-07-26T14:01:28.330000+02:00","2026-04-08T12:26:07.745783+02:00","\u003Cdiv class=\"cobra-ll-view\">\n\n  \n\n    \n    \n  \n  \u003Ch1>Breastfeeding\u003C\u002Fh1>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"lastupdated\">This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-10\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n  \n\n    \n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Breastfeeding\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>\u003Cem>Nursing mothers get two paid 30-minute breaks daily for six months, or a combined one-hour break if agreed with the employer.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For nursing mothers, the employer is to permit the female employee to take nursing break of half-an-hour twice a day during the working hours for six months immediately after her return to work from confinement. The nursing breaks are considered working time and are thus paid breaks. The two half-an-hour feeding periods can be aggregated and taken as one continuous hour, at the option of the employee and in agreement with the employer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §118 of the Employment Act, 1982 (Cap. 47:01)\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n    \n    \n      \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_maternity_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: breastfeeding at work in Botswana – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-10\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Breastfeeding\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Nursing mothers get two paid 30-minute breaks daily for six months, or a combined one-hour break if agreed with the employer.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For nursing mothers, the employer is to permit the female employee to take nursing break of half-an-hour twice a day during the working hours for six months immediately after her return to work from confinement. The nursing breaks are considered working time and are thus paid breaks. 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