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Advocates push changes to Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave: notice and reporting top priorities
Summary
Legal aid groups, worker centers and community organizations urged the committee to advance bills that would require employer notice of paid-leave rights at the time employees request leave and expand demographic reporting on program denials and approvals.
Legal-aid organizations, worker centers and advocates told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development that the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) program needs technical fixes to improve access, increase transparency and ensure language access.
Witnesses asked the committee to report favorably on Senate Bill 13-51 and House Bill 2,110, which would (1) require employers to provide PFML notice and an application packet at the time an employee requests leave as well as at hire, and (2) require the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) to publish disaggregated demographic data for the full applicant pool—including denied claims—not just approved applications.
"Detailed disaggregated data is essential to accurately assess…
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