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About a third of the country has paid parental leave. We have it here in the west coast and I know most northeastern states also have it.
Here in Washington it is 16-18 weeks for women and 12 weeks for men.
I've lived in NH and Mass my whole life. As far as I'm aware the states both guarantee 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Your work can opt to pay (at a reduced weekly income) but they can also tell you to pound sand. And seeing as how many people live off week to week paychecks...
New Hampshire doesn't provide it but Massachusetts does have a program. I think there are some exceptions but for the most part it covers most people
Looks like about half of the northeast has it: NJ, NY, MA, RI, and CT.
https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-family-and-medical-leave-laws
I didn’t have much leave back when we had kids, but there’s definitely something. Complicated but something.
My reading is one law requires up to 8 weeks protected unpaid for both men and women, except you can use vacation. Protected as in they can’t fire you.
https://www.mass.gov/doc/parental-leave-guidelines/download
And another provides for paid time for that and other medical or family needs. I really don’t understand the distinction except there are different eligibility requirements and companies are allowed to provide for paid time outside this program
https://www.mass.gov/paid-family-and-medical-leave-benefits-for-employees
My payed time off would be used up in a week. They might be considerate and keep me in payroll after that expired, but I'd be without pay once that PTO ran out.