Bill S.57

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 370        FILED ON: 1/6/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 57

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mark C. Montigny

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act requiring equal benefits for all new mothers

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00098 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act requiring equal benefits for all new mothers.


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 105D of chapter 149 of the 2004 Official Edition of the general laws is hereby amended by adding after the word “leave.”, in line 13, the following language:-

“An employee on maternity leave for the adoption of a child shall be entitled to the sam e benefits offered by her employer as an employee on maternity leave for the birth of a child.”