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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…

Texas Judge Imposes Temporary Halt on Enforcement of New FMLA Same-Sex Couple Rules

We recently blogged about the Department of Labor’s new rule that extended FMLA rights to same-sex married couples . The DOL’s rule was set to take effect nationwide on March 27, 2015. A day before the rule was set to…

A Victory for Kleiner Perkins Should Still be a Red Flag for All Employers – “It’s All About Your Culture”

As was discussed on Fox Business News’s Willis Report, Friday’s jury’s verdict in California rejecting Ellen Pao’s claims of gender discrimination and retaliation was undoubtedly a huge victory for the venture capital…

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…

NLRB’s Handbook on Handbooks

As we all know, the NLRB has been working hard in recent years to expand its reach beyond the union workforce – striving to make its decisions and guidance just as relevant to the non-union employer in an age where…