It pays for businesses to support breastfeeding in the workplace. Find out how to reduce absence due to child sickness (breastfed babies and breastfeeding parents are generally healthier), increase staff morale and loyalty, and achieve a higher rate of return to work.
SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES
Improve employee retention, satisfaction and productivity by supporting breastfeeding and pumping following their return to work. Find out how to provide workplace accommodations such as a safe space and time to express milk. Reduce time off work by fostering healthier and happier families.
SUPPORTING CUSTOMERS
Attract a loyal customer base by welcoming and supporting breastfeeding and chestfeeding parents. Help to reduce the barriers that people face when getting out and about after having a baby. Send out a message into the community that breastfeeding is important and should be encouraged.
TRAINING
Raise awareness amongst staff members that breastfeeding/chestfeeding is protected by law and avoid discrimination against colleagues and customers. Fulfil your company’s legal responsibilities. Improve understanding about the physiology and psychology of breastfeeding to reduce intolerance at work.
REDUCING THE GENDER PAY GAP
Act to reduce the ‘motherhood penalty’ by supporting women to fulfil both family and work responsibilities and to continue to become highly
effective and motivated employees and leaders. Add a lactation support program to your employee benefits package while improving workplace flexibility and encouraging the uptake of Shared Parental Leave. Companies which have high gender diversity at board level are likely to financially outperform those which do not.
