Massachusetts Paid Maternity Leave Initiative (2016)
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The Massachusetts Paid Maternity Leave Initiative did not make the November 8, 2016, ballot in Massachusetts as an indirect initiated state statute.
The measure would have provided for eight weeks of paid maternity leave for female employees. Employers would have been permitted to take a tax deduction for the costs of paid maternity leaves.[1]
Path to the ballot
Since Massachusetts employs an indirect initiative process, the General Court has an opportunity to adopt proposed laws and amendments before they move to a popular vote. However, unlike other states, Massachusetts requires additional signatures following legislative inaction.
A total of 75,542 signatures would have been needed to certify the initiative for the ballot, but the petition was withdrawn by sponsor Hargeet Chani.[2]
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