Massachusetts Increases Family-Leave Contribution Rate for 2024

Oct. 2, 2023, 7:27 PM UTC

Massachusetts’s paid family leave contribution and maximum weekly benefit are to increase for 2024, the state’s Department of Family and Medical Leave said.

The contribution rate is 0.88% for 2024, up from 0.63% for 2023, the department said on its website. The contribution is divided into a medical leave contribution, which is 0.7% for 2024, and a family leave contribution, which is 0.18% for 2024. All of the family leave contribution can be withheld from employees’ pay, while up to 40% of the medical leave contribution, or 0.28%, can be withheld. Employers must pay at least the other 60%, ...

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