STATUS: Enacted

An Act relative to minimum wage, paid family leave and the sales tax holiday.

An employee is elegible for family leave for any of the following reasons: 1. Bonding with new child (birth, adoption, foster); 2. Care for family member with serious health condition; 3. Care for own serious health condition; 4. Qualifying exigency arising out of family member being on active duty (or having been notified of an impending call or order to active duty; 5. Care for family member who is a covered servicemember. A covered individual shall not be eligible for more than 12 weeks for family leave; 26 weeks for caring for a covered service member 20 weeks for own serious health condition; no more than 26 weeks total/year for combined family and medical leave. Family member covers child, parent or parent of a spouse or domestic partner, spouse, domestic partner, grandchild, grandparent, sibling.

Full Bill or Law Text 

H 4640