# PUMP Act — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count

For PUMP Act, full name is PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act; size rule is no employee-count threshold; exemption for small employers is An employer that employs less than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this section, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer's business; requirement is An employer shall provide- (1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and (2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06; source re-checked 2026-11-01.

- **Law:** PUMP Act _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Full name:** PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Size rule:** no employee-count threshold _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exemption for small employers:** An employer that employs less than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this section, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer's business. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Requirement:** An employer shall provide- (1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and (2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> An employer shall provide- (1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and (2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Law

> This legislation introduced the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), expanding these rights to more nursing employees, including agricultural workers, nurses, teachers, truck and taxi drivers, home care workers and managers.

### Full name

> This legislation introduced the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”), expanding these rights to more nursing employees, including agricultural workers, nurses, teachers, truck and taxi drivers, home care workers and managers.

### Size rule

> An employer shall provide- (1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and (2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.

### Exemption for small employers

> An employer that employs less than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this section, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer's business.

### Requirement

> An employer shall provide- (1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child for 1 year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and (2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.

## Source

- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section218d&num=0&edition=prelim
- https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pump-at-work

Last verified: 2026-11-01. Review by: 2027-10-06.
Part of [US federal employment law thresholds by employee count](https://referencesource.org/regulatory-threshold-triggers/).