Everything You Need to Know About Massachusetts’ New Paid Family Medical Leave Act

Milton Kerstein Employment Law, Employment Law Litigation, Hannah Konowitz, Milton L. Kerstein

Beginning January 1, 2021, Massachusetts employees are eligible for a new state-offered benefit granting up to 26 weeks of job protected leave for medical and family reasons. Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) is a benefit separate from the federal government’s … Read more »

Student Rights in the COVID Era: Special Education and College Safety Contracts

Andra J. Hutchins Andra J. Hutchins, Education Law, Higher Education Matters, School Discipline and Student Rights

COVID-19 has upended life as we know it, but this fall, the focus of many will be on the education system – both public and private, secondary and higher education. Now that schools and colleges have reopened, and after a … Read more »