--- title: Mass. PFML Doesn’t Require Benefits Accrual During Leave description: "09/13/2024 - Massachusetts: Employers Not Required to Allow Benefit Accruals During PFML. 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Of course, employers can be more generous than the law requires and allow employees to continue accruing these benefits during PFML if they choose. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Bodge v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts was issued on September 13, 2024. ### Stop worrying about labor laws, and let Thread take the administrative work out of HR. 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