Expanded and Extended: Massachusetts COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
As detailed in a prior post, since the end of May 2021, employers have been required to make paid leave time available to Massachusetts...
Massachusetts COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
On May 28, 2021, Governor Baker signed legislation providing every full-time employee up to 40 hours of job-protected, emergency paid...
Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) is here
As of January 2021, many workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to apply for paid family leave benefits and/or paid medical leave...
Congress passes COVID-19 related leave of absence legislation
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) went into effect on April 1, 2020. There are primarily two provisions relevant to...
About 1 in 4 Americans are taking family leave to care for a sick family member
A new study out from Pew provides some insights about Americans' caregiving as relates to their jobs. Some of the findings: About...
Do I get time off to vote? Is it paid?
With the election a little more than a month away, it's a good time to review Massachusetts law regarding taking time off from work to...
Paid parental leave: the state of the US/Massachusetts v the world
The Washington Post recently had a story and some nice graphics comparing paid maternity leave laws across the world. It noted that the...
Q&A on the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law
One year ago, on July 1, 2015, the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law went into effect. As of July 1, 2015 (or if you started work after...