8Jul
2021
With a new president, newly proposed American Families Plan, and states staying the course with their state-run PFML initiatives, what does the national landscape for paid family & medical leave look like in the...
5 January 2021
Despite events of 2020 that overshadowed focus on initiatives related to Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML) programs...
Despite events of 2020 that overshadowed focus on initiatives related to Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML) programs...
8 December 2020
New York State is providing a new paid leave benefit to its workers beginning on January 1st, 2021 – the NYS Sick Leave Act. But what is this new law? And when do you take sick leave versus New York’s...
New York State is providing a new paid leave benefit to its workers beginning on January 1st, 2021 – the NYS Sick Leave Act. But what is this new law? And when do you take sick leave versus New York’s short-term disability (DBL) and Paid Family Leave (PFL)?…
17 November 2020
The deadline to renew your Massachusetts Paid Family & Medical Leave Fully-Insured Private Plan Exemption is fast approaching. Here is what you need to know to complete your application on time – or...
The deadline to renew your Massachusetts Paid Family & Medical Leave Fully-Insured Private Plan Exemption is fast approaching. Here is what you need to know to complete your application on time – or how to file for a new one last minute…
In light of the recent rise of COVID-19 cases, New York State has issued new guidelines for New York employees who travel out of the state, or out of the country. It may impact the Paid Family Leave benefits you may ordinarily receive if you are under a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine. Here is how you may be impacted…
Maximum Contribution Rates and Weekly Benefit Information Released for 2021
For 2021, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts kept the contribution rates...
Do employer/employee contributions work the same way for approved private plans as they do for the State Fund? Not necessarily. See how the calculations work and compare to the State Fund with hands-on examples for private plans in this post…
Maximum Employee Contribution Rate, Employee and Employer Taxable Wage Base
New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) announced the new employee contribution rate for its Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) benefits, which will be set at …
On September 1, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) published the new premium rate for Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits, which is now set at …
Get step-by-step instructions guiding you through what administrative actions you need to complete for an exemption, and switch to a private MA Paid Family & Medical Leave plan....
With the official release of the final regulations, everything is now in place ...
New York State has recently issued an Executive Order that impacts quarantine benefits under NY’s COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave. Here is how this new regulation may affect you…
Some more big changes to New Jersey’s Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI), are set to take effect on July 1, 2020…
While there is no national standard regulating or requiring Paid Family Leave, there seems to be more momentum at the state level…