MassachusettsHighway division sets up a sick leave bank for Edward Gillen
The Massachusetts transportation department’s highway division establishes a leave bank for Edward Gillen, with coworkers able to donate leave days voluntarily.
What it does
The highway division establishes a sick leave bank for Edward Gillen. Department employees may donate leave days voluntarily, and use is limited to absences tied to the illness or disability that led to the bank’s creation.
Argument forVoluntary donations could give Edward Gillen leave days for absences tied to the illness or disability that led to the bank.
Argument againstEmployees who donate leave days may have fewer days available for their own needs, while the bank can only cover absences tied to Gillen’s illness or disability.
More detail
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s highway division establishes a sick leave bank for Edward Gillen. The bank is for Edward Gillen, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Department employees may voluntarily contribute one or more sick, personal, or vacation days. The bank may be used only for absences related to the illness or disability that led to its creation, as determined by the department. If Gillen leaves the department or asks to dissolve the bank, any remaining time transfers to the extended illness leave bank. The law declares an emergency and takes effect immediately. Remaining bank time transfers if Gillen leaves the department or asks to dissolve the bank.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 10Signed by the Governor Maura Healey, Chapter 208 of the Acts of 2026Latest
- Sep 3Enacted and laid before the GovernorMajor
- Sep 3EnactedBecame Law
- Sep 3Emergency preamble adopted
- Sep 3Emergency preamble adopted
- Aug 31Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Aug 31Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Jul 23Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jul 20Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Jul 9Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jul 9Rules suspended
- Jul 9Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Jul 8Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- Jun 23Senate concurred
- Jun 18Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public ServiceMinor
- Jun 17Referred to the committee on House RulesIntroduced
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