How long is the legal breastfeeding period?

For us women, we are usually normal office workers, but we will get married and have children. So when we are pregnant, we can no longer work for the company all day like usual. Today we have prepared some relevant information about breastfeeding for female friends. Let's take a look at it together.

Breastfeeding leave means that the mother has two 0.5-hour breastfeeding breaks each day on weekdays for one year after the baby is born, for a total of 1 hour per day. The two breaks can be used together or separately. According to national regulations, the salary for breastfeeding leave is paid at 80% of the employee's basic salary plus position allowances and provincial subsidies, and it does not affect promotion, salary adjustment or calculation of length of service.

Since breastfeeding leave is rather fragmented, many mothers do not know how to use it. If the company is far from home, you can divide the daily breastfeeding leave into parts, such as going home half an hour earlier for lunch break, going home an hour earlier after get off work in the evening, and breastfeeding more often at night.

In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of female employees, protect their safety and health in production and labor, promote family planning, promote eugenics and improve the quality of the nation, the state has formulated regulations on breastfeeding leave for female employees. The details are as follows:

Female employees who give birth in accordance with family planning regulations and have difficulty raising their babies after the maternity leave expires may take breastfeeding leave upon their own application and approval by their supervisor.

1. For those who give birth to their first child and receive the "Honorary Certificate for Parents of an Only Child", they will be given a 6-month breastfeeding leave and the reward for parents of an only child will be paid (until the child reaches the age of 14).

2. If you give birth to a second child, you will be given a 3-month breastfeeding leave (the birth of a second child is allowed according to the family planning regulations).

3. Units with the conditions may also grant female employees with only one child a one-year breastfeeding leave (including maternity leave). Salaries will be paid during the breastfeeding leave, but no bonus will be given to parents of only children.

Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees: For female employees who have infants under the age of one, their employer should provide them with two breastfeeding (including artificial feeding) periods of 30 minutes each during each working shift. For multiple births, the breastfeeding time should be increased by 30 minutes for each additional baby. The two breastfeeding breaks during each working shift of female employees can be combined. Breastfeeding time and the time spent traveling to and from breastfeeding within the unit are counted as working time.

During the one-year breastfeeding leave (calculated one year after the baby is born), you can enjoy two 0.5-hour breastfeeding times per day, which can be combined into 1 hour. Leave work one hour earlier or start work one hour later (breastfeeding leave includes artificial feeding).

Article 9 of the Regulations on Labor Protection for Female Employees stipulates that for female employees who have infants under one year old, their employer should provide them with two breastfeeding (including artificial feeding) periods of thirty minutes each during each working shift. For multiple births, the breastfeeding time should be increased by 30 minutes for each additional baby. The two breastfeeding breaks during each working shift of female employees can be combined. Breastfeeding time and the time spent traveling to and from breastfeeding within the unit are counted as working time.

After reading the above content, everyone has a certain understanding of how long the legal breastfeeding period is. Therefore, female friends should know some knowledge about our own legal rights and interests. Through this knowledge and laws, we female friends can prevent our legal rights from being harmed. When our legal rights are harmed, we must use the law to protect ourselves. I hope the above content is helpful to you.