Mass PFML Personal Medical Leave Now in Effect

As of January 1st, most SHARE members became eligible to take medical leave for themselves leave under the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML). The PFML also now provides paid leave to care for certain military-related family leaves, and in the event of a birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child..

The PFML is a new law in Massachusetts that is being paid for by payroll deductions that began last year. You can learn more on the Massachusetts PFML website, or find more information on the SHARE website, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions about PFML and Short Term Disability.

Additionally, as part of this program, paid family leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition will become available on July 1, 2021.

Short Term Disability and Mass. Paid Family Medical Leave: Details and FAQ

SHARE has been asked questions about how Short Term Disability insurance (STD) and the new Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave law (PFML) will affect SHARE members starting in January. Many of these answers have been developing over the past several months, and we’ve worked to understand and collect them together.

Working with the Benefits department in Human Resources, SHARE put together this FAQ. It’s very detailed, because these two programs are both very detailed, and because the answers will be different for different SHARE members.

We hope you find this information useful. If you have read the info in the HR benefits packet and this FAQ and you have more questions, please call the SHARE office at 508-929-4020, or email share.comment@theshareunion.org. We will work to find out the answers with you.