Labor Days

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

UPS Settlement Signals That Pregnant Workers Are Expecting Job Accommodations

Last week, UPS settled its long-running case with Peggy Young, the employee whose case went up to the Supreme Court after she was denied light duty. As many will recall from an earlier blog post, the high court found…

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…

What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Young v. UPS

Does an employer have to offer a pregnant employee exactly the same physical accommodations as it does to “other” employees? Which “other” employees? And how many “other” employees? In a case involving the Pregnancy…

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…

New Illinois Law Requires Employers to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnancy-Related Conditions

Public Act 98-1050 went into effect on January 1, 2015, in Illinois. See 775 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/2-101. The new law requires employers with one or more employees to provide a reasonable accommodation for job…