Massachusetts makes paid family leave more accessible, offering services in Spanish, Portuguese

03/25/24 at 03:00 AM

Massachusetts makes paid family leave more accessible, offering services in Spanish, Portuguese 
New England Public Media, by Elizabeth Roman; 3/22/24
... The state passed a law in 2018 which provides paid family and medical leave (PFML) for serious injury or illness whether personal or a family member, as well as time for parental leave, but found that people whose primary language is not English were unaware of, or hesitant, to apply for the services. ... While the state portal for applying for PFML services now has options in various languages, some people are still overwhelmed by filling paperwork out online. ... There are representatives who speak Spanish and Portuguese and the state also works with an interpretation service for many other languages.

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