Hutchinson Community College supports lactating employees and students by providing reasonable break time and private spaces for milk expression, consistent with federal law (FLSA as amended by the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act in 2022). The College is committed to providing a welcoming, non-discriminatory environment.

Lactation Accommodation Provisions

Reasonable Time to Express Milk at Work

Employees and students shall be provided a reasonable time to express milk while at work for up to three years following the child’s birth each time the employee has need to express milk. Employees should use their usual break and meal periods for expressing milk, when possible. If additional time is needed beyond the provided breaks, employees may use personal leave or may make up the time as negotiated with their supervisors.

A Private Area for Milk Expression

Employees and students will be provided with a private place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from co-workers and the public, to express breast milk. The rooms are listed at the end of this policy. 

No employee shall be discriminated against for breastfeeding or expressing milk during the work period, and reasonable efforts will be made to assist employees in meeting their infant feeding goals while at work.

Any act found to be intentional that invades a nursing mother’s privacy shall be treated as a disciplinary offense and reported to the appropriate supervisor.

Employer Responsibilities

Hutchinson Community College will:

• Maintain the cleanliness of the room or location set aside for the use of employees and students expressing breast milk while on campus.
• Notify employees returning to work following the birth of a child of their rights under the national worksite lactation accommodation law in the U.S. Patient Affordable Care Act. This notice may either be provided individually to affected employees or to all employees through college communications.

Employee/Student Responsibilities

Breastfeeding persons utilizing lactation support services will:

• Give supervisors advance notice of the need for lactation accommodation, preferably prior to their return to work or school following the birth of the child. This will allow supervisors the opportunity to establish a location and work out scheduling issues. 
• Maintain the designated area by wiping the pump (if provided) and surfaces with microbial wipes so the area is clean for the next user.

Students may inquire at the Information Counter, main floor of the Parker Student Union, about locations and contact persons.

LACTATION LOCATIONS

STRINGER FINE ARTS                                                                  

Location: Dressing Room # 148                                                         

Contact: Secretary - 620.665.3503                                            

SHEARS TECHNOLOGY CENTER                                              

Location: Conference Room # 107                                         

Contact: Secretary - 620.728.8104                                            

PARKER STUDENT UNION                                                         

Location: Human Resource Conference Room                                   

Contact: Admin. Assist. – 620.665.3495                                              

SCIENCE HALL                                                                   

Location: Conference Room 128A                                          

Contact: Secretary – 620.665.3533                                           

BUILDING 12                                                                                   

Location: Audio Lab                                                               

Contact: Secretary – 620.665.3349                                           

RIMMER LEARNING CENTER (available M-TH evenings and Sundays during academic year)

Location: Varies                                                                                              

Contact:  Admin. Assist.- 620.728.8125                                              

NEWTON AXTELL CENTER

Location: Conference Room

Contact:  Secretary – 316.283.7000

McPHERSON CENTER

Location: Workforce Dev. Room #117

Contact: Secretary – 620.245.0202

FIRE SCIENCE

Location:  Conference Room 103

Contact: Admin. Asst. – 620.728.4460

DAVIS HALL/PEEL CENTER

Location: Room #12

Contact: Secretary – 620.665.4930

PIONEER BUILDING/SOUTH CAMPUS

Location: Dispatch Room

Contact:  Secretary – 620.728.3349

LOCKMAN HALL

Location: Lactation Room attached to Women’s South First Floor Restroom Near Waldo Aud.

Contact: Admin. Asst. –620.665.350