The health connector also sells unsubsidized plans.

A couple little shops near the harbor, nothing special, but the ocean side is a national park with a scattering of grandfathered houses, no new development since 1961. So the renovated houses with cliff views that aren't about to fall into the ocean are rather expensive. Great cycling, great birdwatching, and an astonishingly good French bakery.

That is Family Medical Leave, not Medical Leave. Precise language is important here.

You wouldn't need to pay health insurance premiums, correct.

For me, I wrote HR a check to cover the healthcare premiums that would have been deducted from my paycheck. It's the same thing that happens during unpaid leave. The way PFML is structured, from your employers perspective, it is unpaid leave, you just get payroll replacement checks from the state.

You can only take medical leave for your own condition, so unless you're the one pregnant it doesn't apply to parental leave, only the 12 weeks family leave.

This is the official website and also where you apply.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/paid-family-and-medical-leave-pfml-overview-and-benefits

If you have an HR department they need to be your first stop, they should help you with the paperwork, there will probably be both corporate paperwork and state paperwork.

That said, most people can take up to 12 weeks paid. It has to be used within 12 months of the triggering event (birth, adoption) but can be taken in several chunks.

The way it works is you submit the paperwork and then the state sends you checks for a percentage of your salary. Your employer doesn't pay you and in fact you may need to pay them to cover your insurance premiums. You also are protected from losing your job, similar to federal family medical leave.