March 13, 2024
A rice processor and distributor urged an Arkansas federal court to toss proposed collective action claims that the company denied new mothers the opportunity to privately pump breast milk, arguing that there were too few new moms on staff to justify collective treatment.
February 14, 2024
A former employee of a rice company said the business forced her to go home in order to pump breast milk after she gave birth, violating federal requirements that nursing mothers have a private, safe space to pump, the worker alleged in a proposed collective action in Arkansas federal court.