MassachusettsBill would require DCF to set up Monica Murphy’s sick-leave bank
The bill would require the Department of Children and Families to set up a leave bank for Monica Murphy, using voluntary staff donations only for related illness or disability absences.
What it does
The Department of Children and Families would set up a sick-leave bank for Monica C. Murphy, with voluntary staff donations usable only for related illness or disability absences, as the department determines.
Argument forThe bank could help Murphy use coworkers’ donated leave for absences tied to the illness or disability that led to the bank.
Argument againstEmployees who donate leave could have fewer sick, personal, or vacation days available for their own needs.
More detail
The department would have to establish a sick-leave bank for Monica C. Murphy. Murphy is an employee of the Department of Children and Families. Department employees may voluntarily donate one or more sick, personal, or vacation days. The bank may be used only for absences tied to the illness or disability that led to its establishment, as determined by the department. If Murphy leaves the department or asks to dissolve the bank, any remaining time would go to the extended illness leave bank.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Senate concurredLatest
- Oct 19Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public ServiceMinor
- Oct 13Referred to the committee on House RulesIntroduced
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