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State Leave Laws

Understanding state leave laws is essential for private employers to ensure compliance and support their employees effectively. This resource provides an overview of various state-specific leave regulations, highlighting key eligibility criteria and reasons for taking leave.                  

Federal leave laws like the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) apply in every state. This list focuses on laws covering private employers and—although it notes the existence of voluntary paid family insurance programs—it doesn’t include other leaves that state statutes allow or encourage but don’t mandate. The list also highlights reasons people can take leave. You can look in the statutes for more details regarding specific leaves, such as:

  • Limitations on applicability to specific employers (e.g., minimum number of employees)
  • Employees (e.g., length of employment)
  • Length of the leave
  • Possible exceptions (e.g., undue hardship to employer)

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and should not be construed as providing legal advice. Reach out to your local Marsh McLennan Agency consultant for more information about managing state leave laws.

Leaves

Note: to view code, click on link and select title, chapter, article and section. 
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama

Alabama has a voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect. Ala. Code § 27-19-150 et seq.
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama  (title 27, chapter 19, article 4, section 27-19-150)

The Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (FWHFA) (Paid Sick Leave) Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 23-371 to 381

https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/docName=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azleg.gov%2Fars%2F23%2F00372.htm 

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition 
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition (child, child of spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent of spouse or domestic partner, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, sibling of spouse or domestic partner, or any other relative by blood or affinity who has the equivalent of a family relationship)
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Abuse or Stalking (victim is employee or family member)
  • Public Health Emergency

Other

Note: Arkansas provides access to statutes through LexisNexis, and information “cannot be used, posted, sold, transmitted, distributed, modified or transferred for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of LexisNexis.”

  • Bone Marrow/Organ Donor Ark. Code § 11-3-205
    Link
  • Crime Victim Ark. Code § 16-90-1105
    Link
  • Jury Duty Ark. Code § 16-31-106
    Link
  • Military Service (armed forces, including the National Guard or a reserve component of the armed force)  Ark. Code § 12-62-413
    Link
  • Voting Ark. Code § 7-1-102
    Link

Arkansas has a voluntary paid family leave insurance program employers may elect. Ark. Code § 23-62-112
Link

Family Temporary Disability Insurance Program (Paid Family Leave) Cal. Unemp. Ins. Code §§ 3300-3308 
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=3302.&nodeTreePath=2.2.7&lawCode=UIC
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=UIC&sectionNum=3307.&highlight=true&keyword=paid%20family%20leave 

  • Employee’s Serious Sickness or Injury (including pregnancy)
  • Care for Seriously Ill Family Member (child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling)  
  • Birth, Adoption, or Foster Care Placement of a Child (employee or domestic partner) 
  • Military Family (exigency arising from  spouse, domestic partner, child or parent call to active duty in the armed forces of the United States)

Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families (HWHFA) (Paid Sick Leave) Cal. Lab. Code §§ 245-249   
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=1.&chapter=1.&article=1.5.&preview=true&site_id=312

  • Employee Health Care, Preventive Care, Diagnosis, Treatment 
  • Family Member Health Care, Preventive Care, Diagnosis, Treatment (parent, child, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or designated person)
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking (victim is employee or family member)

Other

Note: https://leg.colorado.gov/colorado-revised-statutes provides public access to statutes through LexisNexis and information “cannot be used, posted, sold, transmitted, distributed, modified or transferred for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of LexisNexis.”

Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) 11 Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 8-13.3-501 et seq.
Link

https://famli.colorado.gov/individuals-and-families/reasons-to-take-famli-leave

https://famli.colorado.gov/

https://famli.colorado.gov/individuals-and-families/individuals-and-families-faqs#collapse-accordion-2756-1

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (child, parent, parent-in-law, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, registered domestic partner, person with personal bond/family-like relationship) 
  • Military Family (need arising out of family member's active-duty)
  • Child Care/Bonding (biological child, adopted or foster child, stepchild or legal ward, a child of a domestic partner, a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis)
  • Domestic Violence, Stalking, Sexual Assault, Abuse (victim is employee or family member)

Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) (Paid Sick Leave)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-13.3-401et seq. (8-13.3-405(3) reasons)
Link
Link
Link

  • Employee’s Mental or Physical Injury, Illness (including preventive medical care or diagnosis)
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Injury or Illness Medical Care (immediate family member, child to whom employee stands in loco parentis, a person for whom the employee is responsible for providing or arranging health- or safety-related care)
  • Domestic Violence (abuse, stalking, sexual assault, harassment of employee or protected family member) Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-402.7
  • Public Health Emergency, Unexpected Event with Closure of School or Place of Child Care or Place of Employment, or Residence Evacuation 
  • Bereavement

Other 

  • Crime Victim Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-4.33.5-826
    Link 
  • Domestic Violence (against employee or family member) Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-402.7
    Link
  • Emergency Responder Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-826 
    Link
  • Jury Duty Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-71-134
    Link
  • Military Service (Colorado National Guard or the reserve forces of the United States, Civil Air Patrol) Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-1-105, 28-3-609 and 28-3-610.5
    Link
    Link
    Link
  • Voting Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-102
    Link

Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (CTFMLA)  Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31- 49e to 49t; 31-51cc to 31-51rr 
https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-49e 
https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-51kk 

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition (including pregnancy and childbirth)
  • Family Care (a spouse, sibling, son or daughter, grandparent, grandchild or parent, or an individual related to the employee by blood or affinity whose close association the employee shows to be the equivalent to family relationship) 
  • Birth, Adoption or Placement of a Child for Foster Care
  • Organ/Bone Marrow Donor 
  • Military Family (deal with issue arising from parent, child, spouse called to active duty)
  • Military Caregiver (care for parent, child, spouse, next of kin)

Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57r https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-57r
https://www.govdocs.com/connecticut-paid-sick-leave-update/   
https://portal.ct.gov/dol/knowledge-base/articles/wage-and-workplace-standards/paid-sick-leave?language=en_US

(The reasons and definition of family below include revisions signed by Governor Ned Lamont on May 28, 2024, which will take effect January 1, 2025.)

  • Employee Health: Diagnosis, Preventive Care or Treatment of a Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition
  • Family Health: Diagnosis, Preventive Care or Treatment of a Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (spouse, sibling, child, parent, grandparent or grandchild, and those whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship) 
  • Public Health Emergency (closure of the employee’s workplace or a family member’s school or place of care or when an employee or family member is deemed a risk to others after being exposed to a communicable illness)
  • Mental Health Day (attend to employee’s emotional or psychological well-being)
  • Domestic Violence 

Other

Healthy Delaware Families Act/Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (employees begin to submit claims January 1, 2026) Del. Code tit. 19 § 3701 et seq. 
https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c037/index.html 
https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentSessionLaw?sessionLawId=79186&docTypeId=13&sessionLawName=chp301
https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title19/1000/1400/1401.shtml

  • Employee’s Serious Mental and Physical Health Condition (including pregnancy and childbirth) 
  • Care for Family Member with Serious Mental or Physical Health Condition (child, spouse, parent)
  • Care for New Child (birth, adoption, or placement through foster care)
  • Military Family (address issue arising out of loved one being deployed) 

Other

District of Columbia Paid Family Leave (PFL) D.C. Code §§ 32-541 et seq.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-541.01

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition (including miscarriage and stillbirth)
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (biological, adopted, foster or stepchild, or legal ward of employee or domestic partner; or a person to whom employee stands in loco parentis; parent, parent-in-law; spouse or domestic partner; grandparent; sibling)
  • Prenatal Care (including appointments, exams, treatment)
  • Parental (after birth, adoption, placement of a child for foster care or permanent assumption of parental responsibility) 

District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act (DC FMLA)(Unpaid) D.C. Code §§ 32-501 et seq. 
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-501

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition 
  • Birth of a child of the employee   
  • Placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care  
  • Placement of a child with the employee for whom the employee permanently assumes and discharges parental responsibility
  • Care of a family member with a serious health condition (a person related by blood, legal custody or marriage; a foster child; a child who lives with employee for who the employee permanently assumes parental responsibility; a person with whom the employee shares a mutual residence and with whom the employee maintains committed relationship)

The Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act (ASSLA) (Paid Sick and Safe Leave) D.C. Code §§ 32-531.01 to 32-531.16  
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/32/chapters/5/subchapters/III 
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-531.02

  • Employee's Physical or Mental Illness, Injury, or Medical Condition (including preventive care, diagnosis and treatment)
  • Family Member's Physical or Mental Illness, Injury, or Medical Condition (child, child’s spouse, grandchild, parent, parent-in-law, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, sibling’s spouse, person who shares residence and in a committed relationship)
  • Domestic Violence, Stalking or Sexual Abuse (against employee or family member)

Other

  • Domestic Violence (against employee, family or household member) Fla. Stat. § 741.313(2)(a)
    Link
  • Jury Duty  Fla. Stat. § 40.271
    Link
  • Military Service (National Guard, Civil Air Patrol) Fla. Stat. §§ 250.482 and  252.55
    Link
  • Witness Fla. Stat. § 914.03
    Link

Florida has a voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect.  Fla. Stat. § 624.6086
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0600-0699/0624/Sections/0624.6086.html

Note: Georgia provides access to statutes through LexisNexis, and information “cannot be used, posted, sold, transmitted, distributed, modified or transferred for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of LexisNexis.”

  • Jury Duty/Attend Judicial Proceeding Ga. Code § 34-1-3
    Link
  • Military Service (military service, including Georgia National Guard) Ga. Code § 38-2-280
    Link
  • Voting  Ga. Code § 21-2-404
    Link
  • Witness Ga. Code § 34-1-3
    Link

Note: Statute links do not open by clicking on the link. To open, copy link and enter.

Hawaii Family Leave Law (HFLL) (unpaid leave) Haw. Rev. Stat. § 398-3
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0398/HRS_0398-0003.html

  • Birth of a child of the employee or the adoption of a child
  • Family care for child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, sibling, grandchild, or parent with a serious health condition

Hawaii Temporary Disability Insurance Law (TDI) (mandatory temporary disability insurance) Haw. Rev. Stat. § 392 et seq
https://labor.hawaii.gov/dcd/home/about-tdi/

  • Employee unable to work because of off-the-job injury or sickness
  • Including pregnancy

Other

Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAW) 820 ILCS 192
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=4351&ChapterID=68

  • Any reason

Other

On April 5, 2024, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed an act creating voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect. The act will be included in Chapter 304 of the Kentucky Insurance Code and goes into effect July 1, 2026.
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb179.html 

Maine Paid Time Off Leave 7 Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26 § 637
https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/26/title26sec637-2.html

  • Any Reason

Maine Family and Medical Leave Act (MFMLA) (unpaid leave) Me. Stat. tit. 26 §§ 843, 844 and 845
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec843.html

  • Serious Illness of Family Member (child, grandchild, parent, spouse or domestic partner, sibling) 
  • Birth or Adoption of a Child
  • Organ Donor 
  • Military Family (deal with exigency related to deployment)
  • Military Caregiving/Bereavement (death or serious health condition of spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling on active duty)

Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (benefits available beginning May 1, 2026) Me. Stat. tit. 26 § 850-B
https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/26/title26sec850-B.html

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition 
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (child, domestic partner’s child, grandchild, domestic partner’s grandchild, parent, domestic partner, sibling, or spouse)
  • Birth, Adoption or Foster Placement (employee’s or domestic partner’s child)
  • Care for Family Member, including Physical, Mental, or Psychological Condition (close personal bonds, not necessarily biological or legal relationship)
  • Safe Leave for Care of Self or Covered Family Member Victim of Assault, Sexual Assault 
  • Organ Donor
  • Military Family Caregiving/Bereavement (death or serious health condition of child, grandchild, spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling)
  • Military Family (time to deal with impact of deployment)

Other 

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Insurance Program (benefits become available July 1, 2026) Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. §§ 8.3-301 to 8.3-1001
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=8.3-301&enactments=False&archived=False 

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition (including pregnancy and childbirth)
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (biological, adopted, foster, or step child or child for whom the employee stands in loco parentis or legal ward of employee or spouse; spouse or domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild; sibling)
  • Child Birth, Adoption, or Foster Care Placement
  • Military Family Caregiving (next of kin with serious health condition resulting from military service)
  • Military Family (arrangements for family member’s deployment)

Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (MHWFA) Paid Sick Leave (unpaid if fewer than 15 employees) Md. Code Ann. Lab. & Empl. § 3-1301 et seq. 
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=3-1301&enactments=False&archived=False 
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=3-1304&enactments=False&archived=False
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=3-1305&enactments=False&archived=False

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Illness Injury or Condition
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Illness Injury or Condition (child, parent, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, parent-in-law)
  • Preventive Medical Care for Employee or Family Member
  • Maternity or Paternity
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking (victim is employee or family member)

Other

Paid Family Leave and Medical Leave (PFML) Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175M 
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter175M 

  • Employee’s Serious Physical or Mental Health Condition (including pregnancy and childbirth)
  • Family Member’s Serious Physical or Mental Health Condition (spouse; domestic partner; a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis; parent or parent of a spouse or domestic partner; grandchild; grandparent; sibling)
  • Bonding with Newborn, Newly Adopted, or Newly Placed Foster Child
  • Military Caregiving (family member injured serving in armed forces)
  • Military Family (managing affairs of family member on active duty)

Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (MESTL) (unpaid if fewer than 11 employees) Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149 § 148C 
https://www.mass.gov/doc/earned-sick-time-law-mgl-c-149-sec-148c/download 

  • Care of Employee's Health Needs
  • Care of Family Member's Health Needs (child, spouse, parent, spouse’s parent)
  • Preventive Care or Routine Medical Appointments for Employee or Family Member
  • Domestic Violence (against employee or employee’s child)

Other

Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA) (Paid Sick leave for all Michigan Employers) Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.961to 408.974
https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-ACT-338-OF-2018
https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-408-963-amended
https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-408-964-amended

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition
  • Family Member's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition (child, spouse, parent of employee or spouse, grandparent, grandchild, sibling)
  • Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault (victim is employee or family member)
  • For meetings at a child’s school or place of care related to the child’s health or disability
  • Public Health Emergency

Other

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) (benefits available beginning 1/1/2026) Minn. Stat. § 268B 
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/268B  

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (spouse or domestic partner; biological adopted, foster, stepchild, or child to whom employee stands in loco parentis, is a legal guardian or de facto parent; parent; sibling; individual whose relationship with employee creates an expectation of reliance that care will be provided; grandchild; grandparent or spouse’s grandparent; son or daughter-in-law)
  • Bond with Biological, Adopted, or Foster Child 
  • Military Family (care of matters related to military family member’s service)
  • Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault, Stalking (victim is employee or family member)

Earned Sick and Safe Time Law (ESST) Minn. Stat. § 181.9413 et seq. 
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/181.9413 
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/181.9445
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/181.9446 

  • Employee’s Mental or Physical Illness (includes diagnosis, preventive care, treatment)
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Illness (child, including foster child, adult child, legal ward or child for whom the employee stands in place of the parent; spouse or registered domestic partner; sibling, stepsibling, foster sibling; parent; grandchild; a child of a sibling; sibling of a parent; child-in-law or sibling-in-law; any of the same family members of an employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner; any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and up to one individual annually designated by the employee)
  • Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault, Stalking (victim is employee or family member)
  • Closure of Employee Workplace of Family Member’s School or Care Facility Due to Weather or Public Emergency
  • Risk of Infecting Others with Communicable Disease

Other 

Note: Mississippi provides access to statutes through LexisNexis, and information “cannot be used, posted, sold, transmitted, distributed, modified or transferred for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of LexisNexis.”
https://www.sos.ms.gov/communications-publications/mississippi-law 

  • Crime Victim  Miss. Code § 99-43-45
    Link
  • Jury Duty Miss. Code § 13-5-35
    Link
  • Military Service (United States armed forces and  active state duty) Miss. Code §§ 33-1-15, 33-1-19, 33-1-39
    Link

Paid Leave Law Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608 
https://labor.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/labornvgov/content/Employer/SB%20312%20Paid%20Leave%20English.pdf 
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6553/Text 
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-608.html#NRS608Sec0197 

  • Any Reason

Other

New Hampshire has a voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect.  N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:99
https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/I/21-I/21-I-99.htm

Temporary Disability and Family Leave Insurance N.J. Stat. § 43:21-25 to 43:21-56
https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dllf=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu
(enter 43:21-xx in “simple search”)

Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) 

  • Employee Accident or Sickness, Including Disability Resulting from Organ or Bone Marrow Donation (43:21-29)

Family Leave Insurance (FLI) 

  • Birth, Adoption or Foster Care Placement of a Child (43:21-39.3)
  • Care for a Family Member (child; parent; parent-in-law; sibling; grandparent; grandchild; spouse, domestic partner, or partner in a civil union; any other individual related by blood or marriage; and any individual shown to have a close association with the employee) (43:21-39.4)
  • -Pregnancy (43:21-39.5)

New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) (may be unpaid) N.J. Stat. §§ 34:11B-1 to 34:11B-16
https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dllf=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu
 (enter 34:11B-3 in “simple search”)

  • Birth of a Child (including a child born pursuant to a valid written agreement with a gestational carrier), Adoption, Placement into Foster Care
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (child, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, domestic partner, or any other individual related by blood to the employee, and any other individual who has a close association equivalent of a family relationship) 

Paid Sick Leave N.J. Stat. § 34:11D-1
https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dllf=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu 
(enter 34:11D-1 in “simple search”)

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Health Needs (includes diagnosis, care, treatment, recovery)
  • Family Member's Mental or Physical Health Needs (child, grandchild, sibling, spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner, parent, or grandparent of an employee, or a spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner of a parent or grandparent of the employee, or a sibling of a spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner of the employee, or any other individual related by blood to the employee or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship) 
  • Domestic or Sexual Violence (against employee or family member)
  • Closure of Employee's Workplace or Child's School or Place of Care Due to Public Health Emergency
  • School Activities (conference or other meeting requested/required by school)

Other 

Note: The legal publisher for the state is https://nmonesource.com/nmos/en/nav.do.

Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA) Paid Sick Leave N.M. Stat. §§ 50-17-1 et seq.
Link 
(Select Article 17)

  • Employee’s Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (including preventive care, diagnosis, care, and treatment)
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, domestic partner, spouse/domestic partner of family member, person whose close association is equivalent to a family relationship)
  • Meetings at Child’s School or Place of Care Related to Child’s Health or Disability
  • Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault, or Stalking (employee or family member)

Other

  • Domestic Violence (against employee or a family member) N.M. Stat. § 50-4A-3
    Link
    (Select Article 4A)
  • Emergency Responder N.M. Stat. § 12-10C-3
    Link
    (Select Article 10C)
  • Jury Duty N.M. Stat. § 38-5-18
    Link
    (Select Article 5)
  • Military Service (U.S. Armed Forces, an organized reserve, or the National Guard) N.M. Stat. §§ 20-4-6 and 28-15-1 to 28-15-3
    Link
    (Select Article 4)
    Link
    (Select Article 15)
  • Pregnancy/Childbirth N.M. Stat. § 28-1-7
    Link
    (select Article 1)
  • Voting N.M. Stat. § 1-12-42
    Link
    (Select Article 12)

Disability Benefits Law and Paid Family Leave Benefits Law N.Y. Workers' Comp. Law § 200-242 
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/WKC/A9 

Disability Benefit Law (DBL) N.Y. Workers' Comp. Law § 201.9

  • Employee Disabled by Off-the-Job Injury or Illness
  • Employee’s Injury, Sickness or Disability Caused By or Connected With Pregnancy 

Paid Family Leave (PFL) N.Y. Workers' Comp. Law §§ 201.15, 201.16, and 201.20

  • Physical or Psychological Care for Family Member with Serious Health Condition (child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner )
  • Bond with Child (biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, child of a domestic partner or one to whom employee stands in loco parentis) 
  • Military Family (need arising from spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent being called to active duty)

Paid Sick Leave (Unpaid for employers with fewer than 5 employees and income under $1million, but beginning January 1, 2025 smaller employers may elect to provide paid sick leave.) N.Y. Lab. Law § 196    
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LAB/196-B

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition (including preventive care, diagnosis, care, treatment)
  • Family Member's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury or Health Condition (biological, adopted or foster child, legal ward, or child for whom employee is standing in loco parentis; spouse; domestic partner; parent; sibling; grandchild; grandparent; child or parent of spouse or domestic partner) 
  • Domestic Violence, Family Offense, Sexual Offense, Stalking, or Human Trafficking (victim is an employee or family member)
  • Prenatal Personal Care (effective January 1, 2025)

Other

Unpaid Family Leave N.D. Cent. Code § 54-52.4-02
https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t54c52-4.pdf

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition
  • Care of Child, Spouse or Parent with a Serious Health Condition 
  • Birth or Adoption
  • Military Bereavement (death of child, spouse or parent who is a military service member or veteran)

Other

Oregon Family and Medical Leave is paid. Oregon Family Leave is unpaid unless the employee has vacation, sick or other paid leave.

Family and Medical Leave Insurance (Paid Leave Oregon) Or. Rev. Stat. § 657B
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors657B.html

  • Employee’s Own Serious Health Condition
  • Care for Family Member with Serious Illness or Injury (spouse, domestic partner, employee’s child or child of spouse or domestic partner, employee’s parent or parent of spouse or domestic partner, sibling or stepsibling of employee or spouse or domestic partner, grandparent of employee or grandparent’s spouse or domestic partner, employee’s grandchild or grandchild of spouse or domestic partner, and any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with employee is the equivalent of a family relationship)
  • Care for and Bond with a Child (Birth, Adoption or Placement of a Foster Child) 
  • Domestic Violence, Harassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking (against employee or family member)

Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) Or. Rev. Stat. 659A.150 to 659A.186 
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_659a.150
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  • Home care for the employee’s child (for both serious health conditions and non-serious health conditions requiring home care and for school and childcare closures for public health emergencies)
  • Bereavement
  • Pregnancy Disability
  • Military Family (spouse or domestic partner called to or on leave from active duty)
  • Processes Required for Adoption or Placement of a Foster Child until 2025 when incorporated into Paid Leave. 

Sick Time (unpaid leave if less than 10 employees) Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 653.601-653.661
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors653.html 
https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/displayDivisionRules.action?selectedDivision=3832 

  • Employee’s Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (including preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment)
  • Family Member’s Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (spouse or domestic partner; child or child’s spouse or domestic partner; parent or parent’s spouse or domestic partner; sibling or sibling’s spouse or domestic partner; grandparent or the grandparent’s spouse or domestic partner; or grandchild or the grandchild’s spouse or domestic partner) 
  • Care for Infant, Newly Adopted Child, or Newly Placed Foster Child 
  • Care of a Child Whose Health Condition Is Not Serious But Requires Home Care
  • Treatment or Recovery from or Health Condition Rendering Employee Unable to Perform Essential Function(s) of Position
  • Bereavement
  • Domestic Violence, Harassment, Sexual Assault, Bias or Stalking (victim is employee, minor child or dependent)
  • Public Health Emergency 

Other

“An Act establishing the Family and Medical Leave Program and the Family and Medical Leave Fund; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties” was “laid on the table” April 17, 2024.  
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2023&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=181 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 139, 1461, 2432
PRINTER'S NO.  2445
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL 
No.
181 
Session of 
2023 
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, BENHAM, SCHLOSSBERG, DELLOSO, SIEGEL, 
GUENST, HARKINS, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, MADDEN, BURGOS, GALLOWAY, 
FIEDLER, KRAJEWSKI, FREEMAN, STURLA, KINKEAD, FRANKEL, OTTEN, 
O'MARA, HOHENSTEIN, WEBSTER, BOROWSKI, McNEILL, KHAN, 
D. WILLIAMS, T. DAVIS, DALEY, WARREN, SHUSTERMAN, ISAACSON, 
TOMLINSON, WAXMAN, GREEN, DONAHUE, BRENNAN, KIM, FLEMING, 
MUNROE, SALISBURY, BULLOCK, BOYLE, RABB, CEPHAS, YOUNG, 
SOLOMON, SCOTT, BRIGGS, KAZEEM, MAYES, KENYATTA AND CURRY, 
MARCH 8, 2023 
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 13, 2023
AN ACT
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Program and the Family 
and Medical Leave Fund; conferring powers and imposing duties
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 139, 1461, 2432
PRINTER'S NO.  2445
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL 
No.
181 
Session of 
2023 
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, BENHAM, SCHLOSSBERG, DELLOSO, SIEGEL, 
GUENST, HARKINS, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, MADDEN, BURGOS, GALLOWAY, 
FIEDLER, KRAJEWSKI, FREEMAN, STURLA, KINKEAD, FRANKEL, OTTEN, 
O'MARA, HOHENSTEIN, WEBSTER, BOROWSKI, McNEILL, KHAN, 
D. WILLIAMS, T. DAVIS, DALEY, WARREN, SHUSTERMAN, ISAACSON, 
TOMLINSON, WAXMAN, GREEN, DONAHUE, BRENNAN, KIM, FLEMING,
MUNROE, SALISBURY, BULLOCK, BOYLE, RABB, CEPHAS, YOUNG, 
SOLOMON, SCOTT, BRIGGS, KAZEEM, MAYES, KENYATTA AND CURRY, 
MARCH 8, 2023 
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 13, 2023
AN ACT
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Program and the Family 
and Medical Leave Fund; conferring powers and imposing duties

The Rhode Island State Leave Insurance Program provides Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI). 

Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-41-35
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/title28/28-41/28-41-35.HTM 

  • Employee’s Serious Health Condition 

Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 28-39 to 28-41
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE28/28-39/INDEX.HTM 
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE28/28-41/INDEX.htm

  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, or grandparent)
  • Bond with a Newborn, Newly Adopted or Newly Placed Foster Child

Unpaid Parental and Family Leave
R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 28-48-1 to 28-48-12
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE28/28-48/INDEX.HTM  

  • Employee’s Serious Illness (disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment)
  • Family Member’s Serious Illness (parent, spouse, child, mother-in-law, or father-in-law) 
  • Birth or Adoption of Child 
  • School Involvement

Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act (HSFWA) (unpaid for employers with fewer than 18 employees) R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-57
https://webserver.rilegislature.gov//Statutes/TITLE28/28-57/INDEX.htm 
https://webserver.rilegislature.gov//Statutes/TITLE28/28-57/28-57-6.htm 

  • Employee's Illness, Injury or Health Condition (including routine medical appointments) 
  • Family Member's Illness, Injury or Health Condition (child, parent, spouse, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, domestic partner, sibling, household member who resides at the same address or claimed as a dependent for tax purposes)
  • Public Health Emergency
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking (victim is employee or family member) 

Other  

Paid Family Leave Insurance Act (Governor Henry McMaster signed May 21, 2024, effective July 1, 2025)
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/4832.htm

  • Physical or Psychological Care for Family Member with a Serious Health Condition (child, spouse, or parent, or another person defined as a family member in a policy of insurance issued under the statute)
  • Child Birth, Adoption, or Foster Placement  
  • Military Family (deal with exigency arising from spouse, child, or parent call to active duty) 
  • Military Caregiver (care for family service member injured in the line of duty)
  • Other Family Leave (as specified in the policy of insurance)

Other

Voting S.D. Codified Laws § 12-3-5
https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/12-3-5

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  • Emergency Responder Tenn. Code § 50-1-309
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  • Jury Duty Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-4-106
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  • Military Service (Tennessee National Guard) Tenn. Code § 58-1-604
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  • Parental (childbirth, adoption, pregnancy and nursing) Tenn. Code § 4-21-408
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  • Pregnancy/Childbirth Tenn. Code § 50-10-103
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  • Veterans’ Day (for veterans) Tenn. Code § 15-1-105
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  • Voting Tenn. Code § 2-1-106
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Tennessee passed a voluntary Paid Family Leave Insurance Act employers may elect. Tenn. Code § 56-7-3601
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Texas has a voluntary paid family leave insurance law under the Texas Insurance Code which private employers may elect. Tex. Ins. Code § 1255.003
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1255.htm

Unpaid Parental and Family Leave Act (PFLA) Vt. Stat. tit. 21 § 472 (Effective 7/1/2024)
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00472

  • Serious Illness of Employee
  • Serious Illness of Family Member (child, stepchild or ward of the employee who lives with the employee, foster child, parent, spouse, or parent of the employee’s spouse)
  • Parental (during pregnancy and after childbirth or adoption)

Vermont Earned Sick Time Law (VESTL) (revisions effective 7/1/2024) Vt. Stat. tit. 21 § 483
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00483 

  • Employee's Physical or Mental Illness, Injury, or Health Care 
  • Family Member's Physical or Mental Illness, Injury, or Health Care (parent, grandparent, spouse, child, brother, sister, parent-in-law, grandchild, or foster child) 
  • Accompany Family Member to Appointment Related to Long-Term Care
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking (victim is employee or family member) 
  • Family Member's School or Business Closed for Public Health or Safety Reasons

Other

Vermont has a voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect. The state created the program within its insurance regulations rather than passing a specific paid family and medical leave law. Coverage for those included begins July 1, 2025.
https://governor.vermont.gov/vtfmli

Virginia Human Rights Act
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-human-rights-act/ 

  • Pregnancy 

Other

Virginia has a voluntary paid family private insurance program employers may elect. It established family leave insurance as a class of insurance.  Va. Code §§ 38.2-107.2, 38.2-135, 38.2-316, and 38.2-1800 as amended.
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Paid Family and Medical Leave Wash. Rev. Code § 50A 
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/dispo.aspx?cite=50A  

  • Employee's Serious Health Condition (including pregnancy and childbirth)
  • Family Member's Serious Health Condition (spouse or domestic partner; biological, adopted, foster or step child; parent; spouse’s parent; sibling; grandchild; grandparent; spouse’s grandparent; son-in-law; daughter-in-law; someone with an expectation to rely on the employee — whether they live together or not)
  • Bonding with Newborn or Newly Placed Child
  • Bereavement after Death of a Child
  • Military Family (address needs arising from family member’s active duty deployment)

Paid Sick Leave 
Wash. Rev. Code §§ 49.46.200 and 49.46.210 
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.46.210 (use version of statute which became effective January 1, 2024)

  • Employee's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition (including diagnosis or preventive care) 
  • Family Member's Mental or Physical Illness, Injury, or Health Condition or Need for Medical Diagnosis or Preventative Medical Care (biological, adopted or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person for whom employee stands in loco parentis, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent) 
  • Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking
  • Closure of Place of Business or Child's School or Place of Care for Serious Public Health Concern 

Washington has a Family Care Act (FCA) which allows employees to take any paid leave offered “under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy applicable to an employee” to provide treatment or supervision for a child with a health condition or care for a qualifying family member with a serious or emergency health condition.
Wash. Rev. Code §§ 49.12.265 through 49.12.290. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.12.265
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.12.270 

Other 

Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (WFMLA) Wis. Stat. § 103.10 
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/103/10/1/ar

  • Employee's Serious Health Condition (a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment or condition)
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (parent; spouse or domestic partner; natural, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, or legal ward)
  • Birth or Adoption of Child

Other

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