• The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has issued its 2026 poster, individual notices, and rate sheets for the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program.
• The maximum weekly benefit amount and the state average weekly wage will increase slightly going into 2026, but for the third year in a row, the total contribution rates for employers and employees will hold steady.
• The IRS has issued tax guidance on Paid Family and Medical Payments, which the MA DFML has issued a detailed memorandum about.

All Massachusetts employers must display a workplace poster prepared or approved by DFML that explains the benefits available under the MA PFML program. This poster must be displayed at the employer’s workplace in a location where it can be easily read (for example, near other mandatory workplace posters, such as wage-and-hour and workplace safety notices). Posters must be in English and each language that is the primary language of five or more individuals in the workforce, if translations are available from DFML. The 2026 DFML template workplace poster can be found at the department’s website.

Notices for individual workers have now been issued by the department. Employers may want to assess whether they are issuing the correct version of the notices based on the relevant number of covered workers:

New employees must be issued these notices within thirty days of hire. Like the poster, the notice must be available in English and each language that is...

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