This
week Attorney General Maura Healey announced a safe harbor provision for the Massachusetts Earned Sick Leave law, providing
for a delay in compliance until January 1, 2016.
The
safe harbor provision includes:
1.
Employers
who had a time off policy (put in place prior to 5/1/15) offering ALL employees 30 or more hours of paid
time off in 2015, and
2.
Employers
must also ensure that the sick leave is job-protected and abides by the law’s
non-retaliation policies.
Those employers
who are operating within the safe harbor provision, along with all other employers, will eventually need to be fully
compliant with the Earned Sick Leave Law by January 1, 2016. If your sick leave policy does not follow the
guidelines above, you will need to create a policy compliant with
Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Leave Law by July 1, 2015.
Ipswich
Bay Advisors will keep you updated on any changes to the Earned Sick Leave Law.
If you need help determining whether or not your company is in compliance with
this law or for help with creating a policy, please contact our office at
978-777-6554.
Thank
you.
