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Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Earned paid sick time (paid). Earned unpaid sick time (unpaid). Paid Family and Medical Leave (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Earned paid sick time
Paid
yes
Condition
Up to 40 hours of earned paid sick time in a calendar year for employees of an employer of eleven or more employees. Employees shall not be entitled to use accrued earned sick time until the 90th calendar day following commencement of their employment. Employees may carry over up to 40 hours of unused earned sick time to the next calendar year, but are not entitled to use more than 40 hours in one calendar year. Compensated at the same hourly rate as the employee earns, not less than the effective minimum wage.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
40
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Employer size min
11
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Earned unpaid sick time
Paid
no
Condition
Applies to all employees not entitled to earned paid sick time under subsection (d)(4)–(5); up to 40 hours of earned unpaid sick time in a calendar year. Employees shall not be entitled to use accrued earned sick time until the 90th calendar day following commencement of their employment. Employees may carry over up to 40 hours of unused earned sick time to the next calendar year, but are not entitled to use more than 40 hours in one calendar year.
Annual max
40
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Paid Family and Medical Leave
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
3in effect
new
paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Massachusetts
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
1in effect
new
paid_leave in us-ma: version 1, effective 2026-10-25, published (new)
Earned paid sick time (paid). Earned unpaid sick time (unpaid). Paid Family and Medical Leave (paid).
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Paid
yes
Condition
A covered individual shall not be eligible for more than 12 weeks of family leave in a benefit year; 26 weeks of family leave in a benefit year when caring for a covered servicemember; not more than 20 weeks of medical leave in a benefit year; not more than 26 weeks, in the aggregate, of family and medical leave in the same benefit year. Weekly benefit amount as provided in section 3. 7 day waiting period for family leave referenced.
''Earned paid sick time'', the time off from work that is provided by an employer to an employee as computed under subsection (d) that can be used for the purposes described in subsection (c) and is compensated at the same hourly rate as the employee earns from the employee's employment at the time the employee uses the paid sick time; provided, however, that this hourly rate shall not be less than the effective minimum wage under section 1 of chapter 151. … (c) Earned sick time shall be provided by an employer for an employee to: … An employer shall provide a minimum of one hour of earned sick time for every thirty hours worked by an employee. Employees shall begin accruing earned sick time commencing with the date of hire of the employee or the date this law becomes effective, whichever is later, but employees shall not be entitled to use accrued earned sick time until the 90th calendar day following commencement of their employment. … (4) All employees employed by an employer of eleven or more employees shall be entitled to earn and use up to 40 hours of earned paid sick time from that employer as provided in subsection (d) in a calendar year. … (6) All employees not entitled to earned paid sick time from an employer pursuant to subsection (d)(4)–(5) shall be entitled to earn and use up to 40 hours of earned unpaid sick time from that employer as provided in subsection (d) in a calendar year. … Employees may carry over up to 40 hours of unused earned sick time to the next calendar year, but are not entitled to use more than 40 hours in one calendar year.
(d) While on family or medical leave, a covered individual shall receive a weekly benefit amount, as provided in section 3. … A covered individual shall not be eligible for more than 12 weeks of family leave in a benefit year; provided, however, that a covered individual taking family leave in order to care for a covered servicemember pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not be eligible for more than 26 weeks of family leave in a benefit year. A covered individual shall not be eligible for medical leave for more than 20 weeks in a benefit year. A covered individual shall not take more than 26 weeks, in the aggregate, of family and medical leave under this chapter in the same benefit year. … (e) An employee who has taken family or medical leave shall be restored to the employee's previous position or to an equivalent position, with the same status, pay, employment benefits, length-of-service credit and seniority as of the date of leave. … making contributions as required in section 6 to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund established in section 7