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Creating A “Leave Administrator” Under Massachusetts Paid Family And Medical Leave Program

The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has sent out the following bulletin to employers regarding their responsibility to select a Leave Administrator to interface with the state in administering the Paid...more

12/30/2020 / Employer Liability Issues , Medical Leave , Paid Leave , Wage and Hour

Massachusetts Releases Amended Proposed Paid Family And Medical Leave Regulations

In 2019, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a Paid Family and Medical Leave Law. The law provides for 12 weeks of paid family leave per benefit year, 20 weeks of paid medical leave for the worker’s own serious health...more

7/27/2020 / Accrued Benefits , Active Duty , Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) , Health Care Providers , Paid Leave , Sick Leave , State and Local Government , Wage and Hour

More Details On Massachusetts Paid Family And Medical Leave Law Implementation

On June 14, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave issued more details regarding the delay in the start of employer and employee contributions to the Paid Family and Medical Leave program. As we reported...more

6/18/2019 / Employer Liability Issues , Medical Leave , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Deductions For Paid Family And Medical Leave Suspended For Three Months

The Massachusetts House and Senate, and the Administration of Gov. Charlie Baker issued a joint announcement today, saying that the beginning of deductions under the state Paid Family and Medical Leave law will be suspended...more

6/13/2019 / Medical Leave , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Draft Regulations Interpreting Massachusetts Paid Family And Medical Leave Law Provide Help, But Some Questions Unanswered

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development has issued draft regulations concerning the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave law, which was enacted in June 2018. A substantial portion of the...more

2/13/2019 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Medical Leave , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

Massachusetts “Grand Bargain” Is Not So “Grand” For Employers

On June 28, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law An Act relative to minimum wage, paid family medical leave and the sales tax holiday, compromise legislation also known as the “Grand Bargain.” The new...more

1/15/2019 / Governor Baker , Holiday Pay , Minimum Wage , Paid Leave , Sales Tax , Wage and Hour

The New Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law

Since 1993 the federal Family and Medical Leave Act has required employers with 50 or more employees to provide unpaid leave to eligible employees for qualifying reasons. Massachusetts now joins a small but growing number...more

7/19/2018 / Employer Liability Issues , Paid Family Leave Law , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Wage and Hour

Accrued, Unused Sick Leave Pay Is Not A “Wage” Under Massachusetts Wage Act

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that accrued, unused sick time is not “wages” by the Massachusetts Wage Act, M.G.L.c. 149, § 148, and thus does not require payment within the time frame prescribed by the...more

2/19/2018 / Earned Sick Time , Employer Liability Issues , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , Sick Leave , Sick Pay , Wage and Hour

Some Employers To Get Six-Month “Safe Harbor” Under Massachusetts Sick Leave Law

As we have previously reported, on November 4, 2014, Massachusetts approved Ballot Question 4, titled “Earned Sick Time for Employees.” The new law will take effect July 1, but state Attorney General Maura Healey announced...more

5/21/2015 / Employer Mandates , New Legislation , Paid Leave , Safe Harbors , Sick Leave

Ellen Kearns

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

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