Effective January 1, 2023, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) rolled out important updates to the Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law.

Employers should be mindful of updates to contribution rates and weekly benefits amounts, and should promptly roll out updated notices and workplace posters.

Background

The Massachusetts PFML law provides covered individuals with paid family and medical leave as follows:

• Up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave in a benefit year if they have a serious health condition that incapacitates them from work.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave in a benefit year related to the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, or because of a qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that a family member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call to active duty in the Armed Forces.
• Up to 26 weeks of paid family leave in a benefit year to care for a family member who is a covered service member with a serious health condition.

Covered individuals are eligible for no more than 26 total weeks of paid family and medical leave in a single benefit year. To fund PFML benefits, employers may deduct certain payroll contributions from a covered individual's wages or other earnings. A covered individual's average weekly earnings will determine their benefit amount, and weekly benefits are capped by the DFML, as described below in more...

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