Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has issued a Finding of Probable Cause against Starbucks Coffee Company (Starbucks) for violating the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by failing to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee to express milk at work.
“Our civil rights laws provide some of the country’s strongest workplace protections for breastfeeding and lactating employees. These protections are essential because no working parent should ever have to choose between working their shift and feeding their child,” said Attorney General Platkin. “Violating the law in this context is illegal, and it too often has the deeply damaging effect of pushing new mothers out of the workforce. The enforcement action announced today underscores our ongoing commitment to protecting working parents from discrimination and puts employers on notice: if you violate our laws, we will hold you accountable.”