Employee Leave

Leave Legislation

Legislatures in 35 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico considered bills related to employee leave, including paid sick leave, expansion of family leave, use of leave for children’s school activities and leave for emergency responders or disaster workers.

Paid Sick Leave

Eleven states and Washington D.C. now have laws requiring paid sick leave benefits for some employees. Connecticut adopted the first such law in 2011, and Michigan became most recent state to enact a paid sick leave law, to take effect on April 1, 2019.

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