Emphasizing that Puerto Rico legislation protects employees’ breastfeeding rights in the workplace and that maternity enjoys special judicial protection in the Commonwealth’s legal framework, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court has ruled that employers, public and private, regardless of their circumstances, must provide a “private, safe, and hygienic” space for employees to exercise their breastfeeding rights upon returning to work. Siaca v. Bahía Beach Resort & Golf Club, Num. AC-2012-102, __ P.R. Dec. __ (2016).
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