domestic violence

New Earned Sick Leave Law

On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters passed Ballot Question 4, providing earned paid sick leave for employees. Effective July 1, 2015, employers with 11 or more employees will be required to allow all employees to accrue and use up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. As it now stands, for purposes [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-01-08T16:53:25-05:00November 9th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: Benefits, domestic violence, earned leave, FMLA, massachusetts, sick leave, SNLA|

Victims of Domestic Violence Entitled to 15 Days Leave

On August 8, 2014, Governor Patrick signed the “Act Relative to Domestic Violence” which requires an employer of fifty or more employees to provide fifteen days of leave to an employee who is a victim of domestic violence, or one who is needed to care for a family member (spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2018-01-08T16:53:26-05:00September 3rd, 2014|Categories: Employment|Tags: Benefits, domestic violence, leave, paid leave, policy, time off|