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How to File for Unemployment Insurance
Summary of state requirements:
Employers must provide each employee with written information furnished or approved by the Department of Unemployment Assistance (Form 590-A) within 30 days of the employee's separation from employment. The employer may provide the information in person or by mail to the employee's last known address.
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Citations:
- Massachusetts General Laws 151A(62A)(g)
Paid Family and Medical Leave
Summary of state requirements: Employers must provide each employee with notice of their rights and obligations under the Paid Family and Medical Leave law within 30 days of hire. Covered business entities must provide each self-employed individual with notice of their rights and obligations under the Paid Family and Medical Leave law at the time it contracts with the self-employed individuals.
The requirement is satisfied when employees and/or self-employed individuals provide written acknowledgment of receipt of the information or sign a statement indicating refusal to sign the acknowledgment.
Related information:
Citations:
- Massachusetts General Laws 175M.4(a)
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Summary of state requirements: Employers must provide employees, upon hiring, with written notice of the right to be free from discrimination in relation to pregnancy or a condition related to the employee's pregnancy including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child, including the right to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions. The notice may be provided in a handbook, pamphlet, or other means of notice to all employees.
This written notice must also be provided when an employee notifies an employer of pregnancy or a condition related to pregnancy. The employer must provide the employee with the notice within 10 days of the employee's notification of pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition in a handbook, pamphlet, or other means of notice.
Related information:
- Pregnancy discrimination - Massachusetts
- Pregnancy discrimination
- FMLA - Massachusetts
- FMLA
- Time off - Massachusetts
- Time off
Citations:
- Massachusetts General Laws 151B.4(d)(i)
- Massachusetts General Laws 151B.4(d)(ii)