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The start date for payroll withholdings and submissions of quarterly wage reports under the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave (MPFML) Program is January 1, 2025, leaving employers with a sense of urgency as the compliance...more
Maine employers may be preparing to comply with Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program as required payroll contributions to the PFML Insurance Fund are set to begin on January 1, 2025, but questions remain as...more
Maryland has prepared to join D.C., Delaware, and New Jersey in launching the Family and Medical Leave Insurance program, which promises to provide employees in the State with paid leave under certain circumstances. The FAMLI...more
The following paper aims to succinctly address the question "Under what circumstances is an employee entitled to paid leave?” This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions....more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has released an updated version of its workplace poster for 2024 reflecting the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) contribution and benefit increases that went...more
It is already that time of the year — year-end holidays, good food, colder weather, and the opportunity to assess new laws that are set to go into effect at the start of the next calendar year. For Colorado employers,...more
On October 17, 2023, Governor Healey signed a significant amendment to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) law. The amendment addresses the “topping off” issue that has elicited concerns from employers...more
Massachusetts recently announced major changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, including changes allowing employees to “top off” PFML benefits with accrued paid time off and a sizeable increase in contribution...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has announced changes to the employer contribution rates and benefit amounts under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) effective January 1, 2024....more
More than four years since the passage of Oregon’s Paid Family Medical Leave Act into law, paid leave benefits will finally be available to Oregon employees starting September 3, 2023. Applications for benefits, toolkits and...more
Minnesota is the most recent state to enact a mandatory paid family and medical leave program, joining 11 other states and Washington D.C. in implementing paid leave laws. With a paid leave proposal being passed by the state...more
Colorado employers are subject to new paid family and medical leave insurance obligations in 2023 – and your first quarterly premium payments are due on March 31. The Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)...more
Oregon employers with collective bargaining agreements (CBA) have until March 31, 2023, to begin deducting employee contributions to Paid Leave Oregon, the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee clarified on March 1, 2023....more
If you poll a sampling of PEO and staffing community leadership, you’d probably discover that compliance with employee benefits law (not to mention the related insurance and tax fields) is among the most challenging and least...more
Important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“MA PFML”) are going into effect January 1, 2023. Employers should take steps now to ensure that their payroll systems reflect the revised contribution...more
Massachusetts employers should review and update their employee handbook policies and notices to ensure they accurately reflect Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) obligations. Notably, as the second year of PFML draws to a...more
Paid Leave Oregon has announced that equivalent plan applications are now available to employers through an online portal. In the works since 2019, Paid Leave Oregon, a family and medical leave program funded through...more
During a Special Session on April 9, 2022, the General Assembly of Maryland overrode Governor Hogan's veto of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI Program), also known as the Time to Care Act of 2022 (the...more
As noted in a recent alert, important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“MA PFML”) are going into effect on January 1, 2022. Specifically, maximum weekly benefits under the MA PFML are increasing...more
On October 1, 2021, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) announced updates to contribution rates and weekly benefit amounts under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA), effective January 1,...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has continued to issue guidance and clarifications regarding the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFML) since the law went into effect in January...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has announced the employer contribution rates and benefit amounts under the state Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) beginning January 1, 2022...more
EXTENSION OF MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE (“EPSL”) - On September 29, 2021, Governor Baker approved legislation extending EPSL benefits to April 1, 2022, or until the $75 million in program funds is exhausted,...more
As of 1 January 2021, individuals covered under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law are entitled to receive paid leave for certain events. Specifically, covered individuals may take: Up to 20 weeks of...more
In 2019, many employers obtained an exemption from remitting contributions to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (“MAPFML”). To obtain the...more