ST.PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Labor ordered the giant retailer Menards to provide lactating women with paid break time to secrete milk. The Menards store in the St. Paul suburb of Fridley had docked female employees their pay for time spent collecting their milk. Nicole Blissenbach, state labor commissioner, said the agency intends to enforce a Minnesota law protecting workers’ rights to express milk at work without having their compensation reduced. The law, Blissenbach said, is consistent with state law supporting women in the workforce.
