For Employers

The Kansas Business Case for Breastfeeding is here to support your efforts in becoming a nursing employee friendly workplace. We have trained volunteers ready and willing to help you with things like identifying and setting up a suitable nursing room, scheduling appropriate breaks for nursing mothers, reviewing written policies, and more.

Women with infants and children below age three are the fastest growing segment of today’s labor force. At least 58% of women who are employed when they become pregnant return to the labor force by the time their child is three months old.

Women who wish to continue nursing after returning to work need the support of their employer. Their needs are simple: availability of dependable efficient breast pumps; a convenient, safe, private and comfortable location at the worksite; and the opportunity to pump two or three times during the work day.

Employer support of breastfeeding can provide many benefits to businesses
such as:

• Cost savings of $3 per $1 invested in nursing employee support
• Less illness among the breastfed children of employees
• Reduced absenteeism to care for ill children
• Lower health care costs
• Improved employee productivity
• Higher morale and greater employee loyalty
• Improved ability to attract and retain valuable employees
• Family-friendly image in the community

Developing a breastfeeding support program including company policies that support nursing, flexible scheduling options, and sufficient break times to nurse or express milk on the job in a safe, clean environment will allow both employers and employees to benefit from this collaboration.