November 30, 2021 - The Time off for Breastfeeding policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.
December 22, 2020 - The Time off for Breastfeeding policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.May 30, 2019 - All of the parental policies reflect editorial changes that align with the Gender Parity Strategy, such as gender neutrality.
In addition, the following paragraphs are updated:
Time Off for Breastfeeding
Conditions
4. Staff members who are nursing mothers may leave the office up to two times a day to breastfeed their infant(s) or express milk outside the workplace. The maximum duration of absence for such purposes is:
a) Two hours away from the office (including travel time) when the infant is one year old or younger; or
b) One hour away from the office (including travel time) when the infant is between one and two years of age.
October 14, 2013 - Clarification on principles of policy, maximum duration of absence, and number of infants (para. 2.2)
Reviewed and edited (minor edit without substantive changes) in 2014
