Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

Massachusetts’ Expanded Parental Leave Law Goes into Effect Next Week

As we previously reported, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a law earlier this year that replaces its maternity leave statue with one affording both women and men with up to eight weeks of unpaid job-protected…

Score One for Dads in Massachusetts: New Law Requires Small Employers To Provide Paternity Leave

Under a new law signed by the former Massachusetts governor on January 7, 2015—just one day before he left office—fathers in Massachusetts will be guaranteed up to eight weeks of unpaid job-protected paternity leave…