Reasons for Leave
Massachusetts employers are required to provide emergency paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work for the following COVID-19-related reasons:
an employee’s need to:
self-isolate and care for themself because they have been diagnosed with COVID-19;
get a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms; or
get or recover from a COVID-19 immunization;
an employee’s need to care for a family member
1 who:
needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms;
a quarantine order or similar determination regarding the employee by a local, state, or federal public official, a health authority having jurisdiction, or a health care provider;