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Information for employers:
A major focus WHA is taking is to promote breastfeeding amongst working women.-
Breastfeeding Support Guide for Employers includes 3 good reasons, 3 simple steps, benefits, guidelines, example policy & more ideas.
- Submission on the Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding) Amendment Bill (PDF File)
- You can down load
a report written by Judith Galtry and Marcia Annandale: Information
for Employers on Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces (Word Doc)
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WHA Survey Auckland Business - article in Women's Health Watch, Nov 2003 or available here as a .pdf file
- If you are in the Auckland area and would like to make your workplace, breastfeeding friendly then contact louise@womens-health.org.nzÊ who can help you. Louise can also give a short presentation to you and your staff.
- Check out the breastfeeding links page for other sites relating to breastfeeding and working.
- If you already are a breastfeeding friendly workplace you might like to consider entering the EEO Trust awards: www.eeotrust.org.nz/worklife/
A major focus WHA is taking is to promote breastfeeding amongst working women.
- Are you pregnant and planning to breastfeed and return to work?
- Are you a breastfeeding mother and planning to return to work?
- Are you at work and a breastfeeding mother?
- E-mail louise@womens-health.org.nzÊ and tell her your story, she wants to hear about supportive workplaces, those finding it difficult to accommodate breastfeeding and others tackling the issue for the first time.
- She can advocate on your behalf or help you talk to your employer, give you a breastfeeding and work pamphlet and support you in your decision to breastfeed and work.
- Check out these
web pages:
http://www.waba.org.br/folder93.htm
http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/canwork.html
http://www.breastfeeding.com/workingmom.shtml
http://www.dol.govt.nz/futureofwork/worklife-family.asp
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A major focus WHA is taking is to promote breastfeeding amongst working women.
- Are you supporting breastfeeding in your childcare centre?
- Do you want to know more? Download the report by Sarah Farquhar and Judith Galtry, Developing Breastfeeding-Friendly Childcare to Support Mothers in Paid Employment and Studying.
- Check out the links page for other sites relating to breastfeeding and working.
- E-mail louise@womens-health.org.nzÊ who will be happy to answer your questions. If you live in Auckland she can come and visit your centre and talk to staff.
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