Sabrina Shaheen Cronin, JD, founder and managing partner who practices family law at the Cronin Law Firm, tells Verywell that the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) currently in place, could allow fathers to take paternity leave, albeit unpaid.
“If an employer has over 50 employees, for FMLA, they can’t jeopardize someone’s job for taking an unpaid leave,” she says. Under FMLA, people are permitted to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year.
Full article here: https://www.verywellhealth.com/paid-paternity-leave-united-states-study-5191465