MA Governor signed into law An Act providing for Massachusetts COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave which requires employers to provide 40 hours leave worth up to $850 per week to employees who meet certain criteria, with reimbursement by the Commonwealth.
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On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law “An Act providing for Massachusetts COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave.” The act requires eligible Massachusetts employers to provide emergency paid sick leave to employees who meet certain criteria, with reimbursement by the Commonwealth.
Employers must provide leave to employees in the following scenarios: (1) when an employee needs to “self-isolate and care for oneself because of the employee’s COVID-19 diagnosis”; (2) when an employee needs to “care for a family member who is self-isolating due to a COVID-19 diagnosis”; (3) when an employee needs to obtain a “medical diagnosis, care or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms”; (4) when an employee needs to “care for a family member” seeking a “medical diagnosis, care or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms”; (5) when an employee is unable to telework due to a COVID-19 diagnosis “and t
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On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law legislation that grants employees emergency paid sick leave for COVID-related illness, quarantine and vaccinations (“COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave”). The law became effective on May 28, 2021 and will remain in place through September 30, 2021, or the exhaustion of $75 million in program funds as determined by the Commonwealth, whichever is earlier. The law also amends the Act Financing a Program for Improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and Providing Relief to Employers and Workers in the Commonwealth to provide relief to employers facing the sharp rise in employer contributions to the unemployment fund by spreading out costs over a 20-year period.
On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation providing every full-time employee up to 40 hours (pro-rated for part-time employees) of job-protected,.