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Create Quarterly Family and Medical Leave File

Use this application to create a file for reporting Paid Family and Medical Leave deduction information.

Warning: This screen currently only applies to Massachusetts State Paid Family and Medical Leave reporting.

As stated by the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave, "Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, most Massachusetts employers will be required to make payroll withholdings on behalf of their workforce in compliance with the Paid Family and Medical Leave law. These withholdings are based on contribution rates set by the Department of Family and Medical Leave to fund the administration of benefits."

Key details:

  • Employers with 25 or more covered individuals will be required to remit a contribution to the Department of Family and Medical Leave of 0.75% of eligible wages. This contribution can be split between covered individuals' payroll or wage withholdings and an employer contribution.
  • An employer can elect to pay all or some of their employees' share of the premium on their behalf.
  • Employers with fewer than 25 employees are not required to pay the employer portion of the premium.
  • Premium withholdings are capped at the Social Security cap, $132,900 in 2019.
Attention: For more information, go to: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/family-and-medical-leave-contribution-rates-for-employers.

Employers must first determine whether they will cover any portion of the employee’s premium and set up a deduction code in Costpoint accordingly. You must then assign the deduction code to all eligible employees on the Manage Employee Deductions screen to deduct for the employee-paid portion of the premium. You would also assign the deduction code to all eligible employees on the Manage Employee Contributions screen to accrue the employer-paid portion of the premium.

Report Setup

Before using this application, you must set up the deduction code for tracking Paid Family and Medical Leave and then assign the deduction to the employees. For more information, refer to the Set Up Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Deduction Code topic.