Massachusetts
For Massachusetts, program name is Paid Family and Medical Leave; benefits start date is January 1, 2021; total contribution rate is 0.88 percent; employer share is split between employer and employee; employee share is split between employer and employee, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Massachusetts verified
- Program name
- Paid Family and Medical Leave verified
- Benefits start date
- January 1, 2021
- Total contribution rate
- 0.88 percent
- Employer share
- split between employer and employee
- Employee share
- split between employer and employee
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,230.39
- Wage replacement formula
- 80 percent of the employee's wage up to 50 percent of SAWW plus 50 percent of the employee's wage over 50 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 20 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency our reading
- Program website
- https://www.mass.gov/topics/paid-family-and-medical-leave-in-massachusetts
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
DC extended the duration of paid family and medical leave to a total of 12 weeks beginning in October 2022, up from an interim increase in 2021 and the program’s initial offering of just two weeks of paid medical leave, six weeks of paid caregiving leave, and eight weeks of paid parental leave. DC also offers two weeks of prenatal leave, as of October 2021; see <https://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov/workers/> DC Paid Family Leave . DC reduced employer payroll contributions from .62 percent to .26 percent in 2022 and kept premiums there for 2023 and 2024. In 2025, the Council approved a premium increase to .75 percent, and that is the same rate applied in 2026. The DC paid leave fund is available for other purposes due to a 2025 statutory change allowing excess funds to be transferred to DC’s general fund. See more <https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0787> here (section 12a, page 18). See Massachusetts <https://www.mass.gov/info-details/paid-family-and-medical-leave-employer-contribution-rates-and-calculator> tax rates and wage bases . Small businesses with fewer than 25 employees are not required to contribute to premiums. The taxable wage base cap is the Social Security cap. Note that the maximum length of leave is capped at 26 weeks per year (12 weeks of family leave, 20 weeks of medical leave, and 26 weeks to care for a wounded service member).
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/