Breastfeeding Workers Target Fast Food, Retailers Under New Law

Fast food companies like McDonald’s USA LLC and retailers like Dollar General Corp. are among the first businesses being accused of not complying with new federal protections for nursing parents.

About a dozen employers have been hit with federal lawsuits under a law enacted in December 2022 that gave workers the right to sue their employers for monetary damages if they don’t give them enough time or private conditions to express breast milk.

Although safeguards for lactating workers have existed for more than a decade, the lawsuits expose compliance challenges across industries, particularly for restaurant and retail businesses that often ...