Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave

We’ve had several questions from clients in the last week about how the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave program will handle maternity leave.  The PFML website has some good [...]

There’s been a several developments with the Massachusetts PFML program over the last few weeks.  I’ll capture some of them here. Private insured PFML plan exemptions were extended to [...]

It’s late May, and it seems like January 1 is a long time from now.  It’s not.  It’ll be here before you know it, and the start of the year will bring us the new Massachusetts [...]

In my last post, I covered the integration of PFML and employer paid STD plans.  That post, linked here: [...]

I’ve had so many questions about how to integrate existing group disability plans with PFML that I thought I’d do a couple of posts about it.  This one will cover employer paid short term [...]

A couple of our clients with employee paid short term disability plans have had questions from employees like the one above.  They are wondering why in the world they’re paying for short term [...]

As mentioned in previous posts, there are a couple of insurance companies who are able to provide quotes for insured Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) private plans.  These plans [...]

I just got off the telephone with our representative from Guardian.  They have just come out with an insured product for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave.  Here are some specifics: [...]

As you’ve probably heard, the final regulations for the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law were released on June 18.  In addition, there were a few notable changes leading up [...]

One of the most common questions we’ve gotten over the past few weeks in light of the MA PFML law is, “Should I cancel my STD plan?” Employee benefits are often more art than [...]