{"id":"DUT-MA-031","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court; approved by the Governor (emergency law)","authority":"Mass. Const. amend. art. 48 (emergency law); St. 2021, c. 16, ss. 8-12; extended by St. 2021, c. 55","instrument":"Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2021, s. 10 (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-009; cross-reference, not re-saved); Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2021 (extension; Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-042)","title":"An Act Providing for Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-06-07 (ten days after enactment)","end":"September 30, 2021 or exhaustion of the fund, whichever first occurred, under c. 16; extended to April 1, 2022 by c. 55 (Sept. 29, 2021)","startDate":"2021-06-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR","VAX","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (all employers with employees in Massachusetts, as defined in s. 8)"],"clause":"Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, as a result of the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as of the effective date of this section, an employer shall provide, subject to section 11, COVID-19 Massachusetts emergency paid sick leave to its employees pursuant to paragraph (3) who are absent from and are unable to work pursuant to subsection (b).","enforcement":"Enforcement under the Act (Attorney General) and the retaliation prohibition; reimbursement conditioned on compliance","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer \u0027shall provide\u0027 COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave (up to 40 hours for a full-time employee) for an employee\u0027s own COVID-19 diagnosis, symptoms, quarantine or isolation order, vaccination and its side effects, or care of a family member, reimbursed from the COVID-19 Massachusetts Emergency Paid Sick Leave Fund; a statutory employer duty in force for the second and third quarters of 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2021/Chapter16","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182734,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-031","citation":"General Court; approved by the Governor (emergency law), Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2021, s. 10 (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-009; cross-reference, not re-saved); Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2021 (extension; Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-042) (Ex. DUT-MA-031)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-042"]}