Important Updates to PFML Top Off FAQs

This memo outlines updates to information previously issued regarding “topping off” of Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) benefits. Specifically, the Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has added new information to the FAQ webpages:
FAQs for Employers about Topping Off PFML Benefits
FAQs for Employees about Topping Off PFML Benefits
 
Top Off Legislation
Legislative changes regarding the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) went into effect November 1, 2023, allowing employees receiving PFML benefits to supplement (or “top off”) their PFML benefits with any available accrued paid leave (sick time, vacation, PTO, personal time, etc.). For employees who choose to supplement their PFML benefits in this way, the combined weekly sum of PFML benefits and employer-provided paid leave benefits cannot exceed the employee’s Individual Average Weekly Wage (IAWW). Employers are responsible for monitoring and ensuring that the combined weekly sum of employer-provided paid leave benefits and PFML benefits does not exceed an employee’s IAWW.
 
Updated FAQ
DFML has added new content to the FAQ webpage, including information on:
·      Topping off at organizations with unlimited PTO
·      Topping off in relation to holiday pay
·      Topping off for employees with short term disability benefits
·      Smallest increment of leave use policies
·      Private plan exemptions
 
View the webpage: FAQs for Employers about Topping Off PFML Benefits
You may also share this updated page, which contains similar new information, with your employees:  FAQs for Employees about Topping Off PFML Benefits
 

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