workplace accommodations

A Nutrition Fellowship has issued a call for stronger breastfeeding support, urging health systems and communities to do more to help mothers breastfeed. The appeal, reported by The Himalayan Times, highlights gaps in counselling, workplace accommodations and health services that leave many new mothers without adequate guidance during the critical early months of a child's life.

Attention is turning to the exhausting effort of 'masking' ADHD symptoms, particularly in professional settings. Advocates argue that systems, not individuals, should adapt by recognising ADHD at work and creating low-stakes, predictable environments. The most compassionate response, they say, is for employers and institutions to actively create and advocate for accommodations rather than expecting people to hide their symptoms.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador says his office is defending employees' religious freedom in a case before the US Supreme Court, according to his newsletter. The item, published by the Idaho Office of the Attorney General, frames the state's involvement as a stand for workers' rights to religious accommodation in the workplace. No further details about the specific case are provided.