Two more witholding TAXES

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Yup. Another porking for the sole proprietor or small contractor with a few employees or sub contractors.

I went and read through the website and I came away with a different take on it.

Contribution Split
Employers with 25 or more employees will be required to remit a contribution to the DFML of 0.75% of eligible payroll. This contribution can be split between employee payroll deductions and an employer contribution and will support both types of leave.

Family Leave
Up to 100% of the family leave contribution can be deducted from employee wages.

Medical Leave
Up to 40% of the medical leave contribution can be deducted from employee wages. Employers are responsible for contributing the remaining 60%.

Employers with fewer than 25 employees must remit contributions to the DFML but are not responsible for remitting the employer’s share.


Fewer than 25 employees and you need to submit the 40% that can be deducted from employee wages, but not the 60% employer portion. So if you have an employee that makes 50k, 0.75% is $375 per year. You will need to submit $150 annually for that employee (40% of $375) and it can be deducted straight from their pay check.

So it should cost you nothing. Your employee (assuming bi-weekly pay) should have ~$6.75 deducted per check and be eligible for up to 20 weeks paid medical leave and 12 weeks fml covered by the fund.

Not sure if/how they are making those without employees cover themselves. If you don't take a straight salary, it would be hard to calculate.

[FishermanTim]

The real questions in the end are:

Exactly where will these funds go?
Who will have direct access to these funds?
Will they be accessible for use / movement for the state's "rainy-day, wet-dream project" fund?

Exactly how many hoops will you, the lowly worker, have to jump through to apply for the funds you paid into?

Will illegal immigrants be eligible for receipt of these funds WITHOUT paying into the fund (JUST LIKE WELFARE)???

Inquiring workers want to know....

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

The real questions in the end are:

Exactly where will these funds go?
Who will have direct access to these funds?
Will they be accessible for use / movement for the state's "rainy-day, wet-dream project" fund?

Exactly how many hops will you, the lowly worker, have to jump through to apply for the funds you paid into?

Will illegal immigrants be eligible for receipt of these funds WITHOUT paying into the fund (JUST LIKE WELFARE)???

Inquiring workers want to know....

You can read the law. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/wh...r-the-pfml-law. I don't really understand the illegal immigrant thing though. Seems like a red herring. If they work, they will pay in. If they don't work they can't get paid medical leave from a job they don't have.
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[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by zimmy

You can read the law. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/wh...r-the-pfml-law. I don't really understand the illegal immigrant thing though. Seems like a red herring. If they work, they will pay in. If they don't work they can't get paid medical leave from a job they don't have.
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Maybe as the law is written now, but no one can say (with a straight face) that the Democrats won't make a plea that welfare recipients (legal or otherwise) shouldn't be denied this benefit simple because they are legal citizens. Hell, it worked so well for the welfare system, why not???

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Maybe as the law is written now, but no one can say (with a straight face) that the Democrats won't make a plea that welfare recipients (legal or otherwise) shouldn't be denied this benefit simple because they are legal citizens. Hell, it worked so well for the welfare system, why not???

I guess I just don't understand what you are saying. This is a program for employees to take time off of work for unusual circumstances. I have no idea how that connects to whether someone is a welfare recipient or not. Most "welfare" recipients do work... so if they work I imagine they are eligible like all other workers. If they don't work, there is no work to take time off from so...
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