New Jersey’s top law enforcement officials have found probable cause that Starbucks violated state anti-discrimination laws by failing to accommodate a lactating employee.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights announced their finding Sept. 22, which alleged the company did not provide a private space for a barista to pump breastmilk at work, as required under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

“Our civil rights laws provide some of the country’s strongest workplace protections for breastfeeding and lactating employees,” Platkin said in a statement.

The barista, who worked at a Starbucks in Sicklerville, returned from parental leave and requested a private area to express milk during her shift.

Instead, the store manager set up a cloth trifold sc

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