By June 30, 2019, employers must provide individualized notice to each employee (and potentially each contractor) in the state.

In 2018, Massachusetts enacted the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law, which provides a right to up to 26 weeks of combined family and medical leave in each benefit year, and pay during such leave, to eligible employees, former employees, and self-employed individuals in Massachusetts. All private employers in Massachusetts are covered. Pay during such leave is administered by the state and funded through employer and employee-funded contributions that employers must remit to the state on a quarterly basis. The earliest that such leave and pay benefits will be available is January 1, 2021.