Massachusetts Parental Leave Act

On January 7, 2015, in one of his last acts as governor, Deval Patrick signed into law “An Act Relative to Parental Leave”, which expands the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act (“MMLA”) (M.G.L. c. 149, §105D) and makes it gender neutral. The MMLA requires employers with six or more employees to provide full-time female employees of [...]