Leave Benefit News Today

Highlights Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employees in Massachusetts may begin to apply for and receive paid leave under the states new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law. Most Massachusetts workers will be eligible to take up to 26 weeks of paid leave per benefit year under the new law. Massachusetts employers should be taking the final steps necessary to ensure they comply with their obligations under PFML. This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of the benefits provided by PFML, and s...

Use that? its an interesting point. >> lets switch gears to talk about something not making as many headlines. its important and interesting. mitch mcconnell on the senate floor scoffing at legislation brought by democrats that would make election day a federal holiday. listen to this. >> their bill would make election day a new paid holiday for government workers and create an additional brand new paid leave benefit for up to six days for any federal bureaucrat who decided theyd like to hang ou...

People out of work on election day. >> what? >> their bill would make election day a new paid holiday for government workers. and create an additional brand new paid leave benefit for up to six days for any federal bureaucrat who decide theyd like to hang out at the polls during any election. just what america needs, nor paid holiday and a bunch of government workers being paid to go out and work -- i assume our colleagues on the other side -- on their campaigns. this is a democrat plan to resto...