Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, most employers must provide reasonable break time for breastfeeding employees in order to express milk during the first year after the baby is born. Employers must provide a private place for that purpose, which cannot be a bathroom. The break time need not be paid, and employers with fewer than 50 employees need not provide these breaks if they can show it would pose an undue burden. Though this protection does not apply to employees in every type of job, it is an important workplace protection for many new working mothers.