Breastfeeding break
Employees are entitled to breastfeeding breaks to breastfeed their child or express milk.
You can take breastfeeding breaks for up to nine months after birth.
- Anyone who works four hours a day is allowed a half-hour break.
- Anyone who works at least seven and a half hours a day may take an hour break (or two half-hour breaks).
Notify your employer
Indicate 2 months before your return to work that you will take breastfeeding breaks.
Provide employer with a certificate
You do this for every month that you breastfeed. This can be a certificate from an infant health clinic or a medical certificate.
Provide CM with your application
Apply for breastfeeding breaks in My CM or in the My CM app. Or use the application form on paper.
The application contains a section that you must complete yourself and a section that your employer must complete. It is sufficient for you to submit the application once at the start of your breastfeeding breaks. However, your employer must submit an application for each month in which you take breastfeeding breaks. Your employer can also submit this monthly declaration electronically.
Payment
You will receive a payment from CM for the interruptions. It amounts to 82 percent of the gross salary (no maximum amount applies).
The benefit is paid out on fixed dates; you can find this in the payment calendar for employees .
