Construction Sites Will Be Required to Be More Welcoming to Women Under a New Illinois Law
The law sets minimum restroom, milk storage and menstrual supply standards for sites with female workers and more than 10 employees.
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Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law
<p>Zahrah Hill, a foreman and plumber from the West Side, returned to her construction job three months after giving birth to her son and, as a breastfeeding mother, she didn’t have a space to safely express milk.</p><p>In a matter of months, female construction workers like Hill and others who lactate or menstruate won’t have that same problem under a state law Gov. JB Pritzker signed last month.</p><p>It’s the culmination of a legislative push…
Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law | Illinois State Bar Association
Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois lawA successful legislative push embraced by Gov. JB Pritzker means the state’s male-dominated construction industry soon will have to make new job-site accommodations to employees who lactate and menstruate. Illinois is the second state with such a mandate. Source: WBEZ
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