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HB 2236 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Introduced by: George W. Grayson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Department of Personnel and Training (DPT); personnel policies of the Commonwealth; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Requires DPT's personnel policies to permit a state employee, at his option, to substitute (i) up to 50 percent of his accrued paid sick leave, (ii) up to 100 percent of any other paid leave, or (iii) any combination of accrued paid sick leave and any other paid leave for leave taken pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.). The FMLA permits eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for the birth or placement of a child for adoption or foster care, to care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition, or to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition. Subject to conditions established by the employer, the FMLA also permits employees to substitute paid leave for unpaid leave taken pursuant to the FMLA. Current DPT policy limits an employee's use of "family" sick leave to a maximum of 48 hours in a calendar year in both FMLA and non-FMLA (i.e., short-term illness) situations. This bill would not change DPT's current policy in non-FMLA situations. The bill contains an emergency clause and applies retroactively to January 1, 1996.


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