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Employees and Nursing Mothers The following links contain information on breastfeeding, breast pumps, storing milk, and returning to work.
Media Coverage: IRS Ruling Breast Pumps as Tax Deductible	Department of Federal Affairs and American Academy of Pediatrics
Returning to Work While Breastfeeding	American Academy of Family Physicians
Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers as They Return to Work	American Academy of Pediatrics
The Business Case for Breastfeeding. Steps to Creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite	United States Department of Health and Human Services
How to Continue Breastfeeding After Returning to Paid Work	Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition

Employers The following links contain information on how to make workplace accommodations for nursing mothers, creating lactation support programs, how employers can benefit, and support for breastfeeding policies.
Lactation Support Program	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention An employer toolkit for lactation programs.
Accommodations for Breastfeeding in the Workplace (Checklist)	United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Covers facilities for accommodating nursing mothers and an employers' breastfeeding support sample policy.
Workplace Breastfeeding Support	United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Includes benefits for employers for making workplace accommodations and how to create workplace accommodations including space, time, and support.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding. Steps for Creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite: For Business Managers	United States Department of Health and Human Services
Tool Kit Resources for Building a Lactation Support Program	United States Department of Health and Human Services (Reproducible Resources)

References

Advisory Bulletin: Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act, 33(II)
Colorado Revised Statute 8-13.5-104 (Right of Nursing Mothers to Express Breast Milk In the Workplace)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4207
29 U.S.C. 207(r)(1)

Websites

Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition
La Leche League of Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
American Academy of Pediatrics
9to5, National Association of Working Women
United States Breastfeeding Committee