Employment, Labor & Benefits Alert: Massachusetts State Senate Recommends Passage of Bill Providing Leave to Victims of Domestic Violence
1/13/2012
By Joel M. Nolan and H. Andrew Matzkin
On Monday, January 9, 2012, the Massachusetts Senate recommended passage of a bill (Senate Bill No. 00918) that would require employers of 50 or more employees to offer up to 15 days of leave to victims of domestic violence and certain family members of such victims. The bill has met with little opposition thus far, and indeed has support from employer and trade groups such as the Retailers’ Association of Massachusetts and Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
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