Client Alert: Updated Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations Issued

By Tracy Thomas Boland and Danielle Jurema Lederman • February 7, 2023

On January 6, 2023, the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (“PFML)” revised regulations were issued.

The Department of Family and Medical Leave previously released the proposed amendments to the PFML regulations late last year.

These changes center around an employer’s responsibility to maintain health insurance benefits for employees during PFML leave. For an overview of these revisions, as well as additional updates which went into effect on January 1, 2023, please see our previous client alert “Important and Time-Sensitive Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Updates; Proposed Amendments to PFML Regulations; Looking Back at FY22.”

Businesses with questions about these updated regulations or PFML leave in general should consult their Bowditch attorney.

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Tagged In: Department of Family and Medical Leave, employee benefits, Massachusetts PFML, health insurance benefits

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Tracy Thomas Boland

Tracy Boland counsels clients on the full range of employment law issues from hiring to firing including performance management, investigations, wage and hour issues, leaves of absence and the accommodations process, discrimination and harassment issues and investigations and reductions in force. She particularly enjoys supporting clients as they work through novel and emerging legal issues such as pay equity and the ever-growing number of paid leave laws. Clients also rely on her to draft and revise employee handbooks, employment agreements, and severance and settlement agreements

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As a partner in the firm’s Employment & Labor Practice Area, Danielle Jurema Lederman represents employers in all stages of mediation, arbitration, and litigation at the administrative, state, and federal levels. She is an experienced trial attorney and has successfully litigated multiple employment matters through to summary judgment and trial. She also defends clients in investigations brought by state and federal agencies such as the Attorney General’s Office, Department of Labor and the Department of Unemployment Assistance.

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