More and more are the judgments that recognize sick leave due to breastfeeding risk, although there is plenty of time for the situation to normalize and there is no need to resort to laws to defend that feeding the baby is more important than the interests of a company.
In this case, the Supreme Court has recognized the right of a cabin crew member to collect the economic benefit provided by the law for risk during breastfeeding by estimating that the conditions of intimacy and hygiene of their workplace can negatively influence health of the infant.
This is an Easyjet hostess, who has achieved this positive sentence after being denied a social court.
The Supreme Court recalls that the legislation on occupational and Social Security risks establishes that, when the job poses a risk to breastfeeding, the workers may be declared in a situation of suspension of the contract and collect an economic benefit until the minor reaches nine months, which tries to cover the loss of income that occurs.
It is logical that the pace and working conditions of a flight attendant do not favor breastfeeding, since the shift regime and the conditions on board the aircraft prevent it from being maintained.
In addition, the only place of privacy in an aircraft for the extraction of milk is the bath, which is only cleaned at night, not having the most adequate hygiene conditions, and the only cooling system to conserve milk is the ice box intended for passenger drinks.
As the company did not make any alternative offer to the hostess, the suspension of the contract is the last measure to safeguard the infant's own health.
This is not the first case of a flight attendant who achieves this recognition, so perhaps it is already time for airline managers to be aware that they cannot put impediments on women whose breastfeeding is in danger. This risk during the period of breastfeeding is prolonged until the baby is nine months old.
In short, in this new judgment that recognizes the risk in the breastfeeding of a flight attendant, the Supreme Court emphasizes the material impossibility of carrying out the extraction and preservation of milk in airplanes together with the times incompatible with the regular feeding periods of the infant.
