In its quarterly briefing, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (the “Department”) recently updated its Employer Portal, issued a reminder for the private plan reporting deadline of August 31, 2025, and summarized tax guidance concerning the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“MAPFML”). We explore each of these updates in more detail below. You can find our prior posts—here, here, and here—detailing the MAPFML law and employer responsibilities.
Employer Portal Updates
The Department enhanced its MAPFML employer portal to improve use and accessibility for leave administrators. Among other updates, the employer portal now provides a timeline of milestone dates; a ‘to do’ column for action items; access to an employee’s individual average weekly wage and weekly benefit amount for easier calculation of top-off payments; and an option to download a CSV file of leave data.
Exempt Private Plan Employer Reporting Deadline
As we are already into late July, employers who are self-insured, third parties who administer private plans, and private plan insurance carriers should be prepared to submit the required private plan data to the Department by August 31, 2025. The Reporting Templates for 2025 are available on the Department website at the Employer Private Plan Reporting Obligations page. The type of data required includes information about employee demographics, approved and denied claims, and benefit amounts paid. The Department uses the data to...
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