A national advocacy group has labelled the alleged discrimination of a breastfeeding mother from Thornton as "archaic" behaviour that didn't belong in today's workplaces.
Susan Bourke has been on sick leave for nearly six months after becoming depressed and anxious when she was banned from breastfeeding her son in the lunch room of the Maitland branch of the Commonwealth Bank.
The Thornton mother-of-two, who has temporarily resumed work at Raymond Terrace, now fears she will lose her job because she does not want to return to the Maitland branch where she was segregated and made to feel "upset and uncomfortable".
Australian Breastfeeding Association director Lee King said it was "sad our society hasn't go the appropriate attitude" when it came to breastfeeding, with many mothers "embarrassed and unsure" about where they can feed their babies.
"It's all right for adults to eat in the lunch room, but it's not all right for babies to ... it's so old fashioned, so archaic," Ms King said.
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