A. 1. An employer other than a state agency may provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to breast-feed or express breast milk for her child to maintain milk supply and comfort. The break time, if possible, shall run concurrently with any break time, paid or unpaid, already provided to the employee. An employer is not required to provide break time under this section if to do so would create an undue hardship on the operations of the employer.

2. Every state agency shall allow an employee who is lactating reasonable paid break time each day to use the designated lactation room for the purpose of maintaining milk supply and comfort.

1. “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has one or more employees, including the state and any political subdivision of the state;

2. “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of the employer;

3. “Reasonable ” means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business; and

4. “Undue hardship” means any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its financial resources, and the nature and structure of its operation.