Paid family and medical leave refers to policies that enable workers to receive wage replacement when they take extended time off from work for qualifying reasons, such as bonding with a new child, recovering from their own

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.

The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) makes paid parental leave available to Federal employees covered under Title 5 following in connection with a qualifying birth of a son or daughter or the placement of a son or daughter with an employee for adoption or foster care.

Maternity or other parental leave also may run concurrently with FMLA leave. Covered employers under the FMLA include: Private employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more work weeks in the current calendar year or previous calendar year,

paternity leave, it may increase the ability of mothers to engage in paid work, with a positive effect on female labor force participation and wages. One new study of paternity leave in Canada found that when fathers take more paternity leave, mothers increase their level of full-time work, and another study from Sweden found increasing

Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have laws that create paid family and medical leave programs for eligible workers. Additionally, Hawaii has a law providing paid temporary disability leave to eligible workers, while Puerto Rico has laws providing paid temporary disability and maternity leave to eligible workers.

The FMLA provides eligible employees unpaid, job-protected leave for family and medical reasons, with continued health insurance coverage.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees job-protected leave for prenatal care or when a pregnant worker is unable to work because of the pregnancy. For adoptive or foster parents, the FMLA provides a right to take leave for required counseling, court appointments and related travel prior to foster care placement or ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave a year, and requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave.

This brief examines the following features of state paid family and medical leave laws (though non-exhaustive): program design, funding method, reasons for leave, family member definition, length of leave, wage replacement rate, and job protection. 4.