This document shows a state-by-state breakdown of laws regarding paid family and medical leave in the United States. States shown in red have passed laws that expand upon the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by improving definitions of family members, allowing additional reasons for unpaid leave, or providing paid family/medical leave or sick leave. The expansions include domestic partners, civil union partners, parents-in-law, organ donation, domestic violence victims, accrued sick leave, and child's school-related activities. States in gray only adhere to the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave.
This document shows a state-by-state breakdown of laws regarding paid family and medical leave in the United States. States shown in red have passed laws that expand upon the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by improving definitions of family members, allowing additional reasons for unpaid leave, or providing paid family/medical leave or sick leave. The expansions include domestic partners, civil union partners, parents-in-law, organ donation, domestic violence victims, accrued sick leave, and child's school-related activities. States in gray only adhere to the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave.
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Washington Business Journal List Extra about paid leave laws around the U.S.
This document shows a state-by-state breakdown of laws regarding paid family and medical leave in the United States. States shown in red have passed laws that expand upon the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by improving definitions of family members, allowing additional reasons for unpaid leave, or providing paid family/medical leave or sick leave. The expansions include domestic partners, civil union partners, parents-in-law, organ donation, domestic violence victims, accrued sick leave, and child's school-related activities. States in gray only adhere to the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave.
This document shows a state-by-state breakdown of laws regarding paid family and medical leave in the United States. States shown in red have passed laws that expand upon the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by improving definitions of family members, allowing additional reasons for unpaid leave, or providing paid family/medical leave or sick leave. The expansions include domestic partners, civil union partners, parents-in-law, organ donation, domestic violence victims, accrued sick leave, and child's school-related activities. States in gray only adhere to the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave.
Heres how the states stack up when it comes to paid leave. Those grayed out on this map simply follow the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave. Those in red have passed laws to improve upon the federal law, described below.
Expanded family definitions
Additional unpaid leave uses Maine Paid family/medical leave (FML) or sick leave (SL) Washington ARIZONA MASSACHUSETTS Vermont Accrued SL Childs school-related; routine family medical visits Minnesota CALIFORNIA Accrued SL Domestic partners and children MINNESOTA Oregon Childs school-related Childs school-related Wisconsin Up to six weeks FML at 55 New York NEVADA percent wages; accrued SL Childs school-related COLORADO NEW JERSEY Domestic violence/assault or stalking; childs Civil union partners and school-related children, parents-in-law and step-parents Nevada CONNECTICUT Up to six weeks FML at up Illinois Civil union partners and to 75 percent wages parents-in-law NEW YORK Colorado Massachusetts Organ/bone marrow donation Up to eight weeks FML at up to 50 percent wages Accrued SL California (starting 2018) Rhode Island DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA N. Carolina Any related by blood/legal Childs school-related custody/marriage, domestic Connecticut partners and children OREGON Childs school-related Domestic partners, Arizona Accrued SL grandparents, New Jersey grandchildren and FLORIDA parents-in-law Domestic violence/assault Nonserious injury/illness or stalking of a child District HAWAII Accrued SL Grandparents, parents- RHODE ISLAND Louisiana in-law, grandparents-in-law Maryland Domestic partners of and beneficiaries state employees and Domestic violence/assault parents-in-law or stalking Childs school-related Florida Hawaii ILLINOIS Up to four weeks for Domestic violence/assault parental/caregiving; up or stalking; childs to 30 weeks for disability school-related (FML) LOUISIANA VERMONT Childs school-related Civil union partners and parents-in-law MAINE Childs school-related; Domestic partners and routine family medical visits children, siblings Accrued SL Organ donation; death of servicemember killed in WASHINGTON active duty Accrued SL (starting 2018) MARYLAND WISCONSIN Step, adopted and Parents-in-law unrelated caregivers Organ donation; SOURCE: National Conference of State Legislatures service leave
TYPES OF CORPORATE LEAVE
Companies can institute their own policies. A SHRM survey found vacation is common, but paid sick leave Average days until eligible, BIGGEST BENEFICIARIES was more often lumped into the same policy than offered on its own. full-time employees Oftentimes, the higher the paychecks, the sweeter the paid leave perks.
Paid vacation plan HOUSEHOLD REGULAR PAY PARTIAL PAY NO PAY
Separate plans for vacation time 91% 100 INCOME % Receive % Receive % Receive taken in increments of days/weeks <$30,000 22% 14% 62% $30,000 to $74,999 42 18 40 Paid-time-off plan (PTO) All-inclusive plan for sick, vacation 87 60 $75,000+ 58 15 26 and personal days combined All 47 16 36 SOURCE: Pew Research Center Paid personal leave plan 14 68 Separate plan for personal time off
Paid sick leave plan
Separate plan spurred by illness, 9 50 injury, caring for a sick dependent SOURCE: Society for Human Resource Management, 2016 survey