Updated to reflect Supreme Judicial Court decision clarifying benefit accrual during the paid family and medical leave period, effective September 13, 2024.
Updated statement to reflect amendments requiring an employer to maintain employee health care coverage during a leave of absence taken as a pregnancy accommodation, effective August 1, 2024.
A final rule implementing the requirements of the PWFA will take effect on June 18, as scheduled, after one federal court dismissed a challenge by several states attorneys general. However, another court exempted two states from certain abortion-related regulations.