State Family and Medical Leave Laws

Nolo, June, 2007 by Attorney Lisa Guerin

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires larger employers to give employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year, with benefits, to care for a new child, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, or to recuperate from their own serious health condition. (For information on the FMLA, see Providing Family and Medical Leave.)

But the FMLA is not the only law that protects employees who need time off for caretaking responsibilities or for a serious health condition (and the FMLA does not apply to employers with fewer than 50 employees). Many states also have laws that allow employees to take time off for family and medical reasons (and many states' laws apply to smaller employers). Some of the state family and medical leave laws overlap with...

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