Enacted Resources

New York

NY S 6406

2016 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

The Paid Family Leave Benefits Law allows individuals to receive sixty-seven percent of their average weekly wage for no more than twelve weeks in which an employee cannot perform their work duties in order to care for a family member, to bond with a child during the first twelve months of the child's birth or the child's placement for adoption or foster care, or because of any qualifying exigency arising when a spouse or partner is on active duty without fear of being terminated, retaliation, or losing any health benefits afforded by employer.

New Jersey

NJ A3975

2019 | Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave, and amends N.J. Stat. Ann. § 43:21-38. An employee shall be entitled to a family leave of 12 weeks in any 24-month period upon advance notice to the employer.

New Jersey

NJ Stat. Ann. § 43:21-38

2008 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

43:21-25 states that any individual elegible for benefits during a period of family temporary disability leave shall recieve 6 times their weekly benefit amount or one third of their total wages, whichever is lesser, under a private or state plan of disability benefits to care for a seriously ill or injured family member, or bond with a newborn, newly adopted or newly placed foster child for a maximum of twelve consecutive weeks in a calendar year. This bill was expanded in 2019 by A3975, which increased the paid leave to 12 weeks from July 1, 2020.

California

CA SB 63

2017 | Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

The New Parent Leave Act (also known as “SB 63”) provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of job-protected parental leave to bond with a new child in the 12 months following the child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement.

California

CA SB 770

2013 | Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

SB 770 expanded California’s PFL benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling. The new law took effect July 1, 2014.

California

CA SB 1661

2002 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

The legislation provides up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off of work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or domestic partner, or to bond with a new child. The law took effect July 1, 2004. In 2013, SB 770 expanded California’s PFL benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling. In 2019, SB 83 extended the PFL from six to eight weeks.

California

CA SB 83

2019 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

This legislation extends the Paid Family Leave from six weeks to eight weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a new child.

Rhode Island

RI HB 6090, § 1

2019 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

To increase the temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) Weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.

Rhode Island

RI Gen. Laws § 28-41-35

2014 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

Section 28-41-35 states that employees are elegible for temporary caregiver benefits for any week (up to four weeks in a benefit year) they are unable to perform customary work because they are bonding with a newborn or newly adopted child, or because they are caring for a child or family member without fear of potential termination, employer retaliation, or loss of health care benefits. This bill is expanded by H.B. 6090, § 1, 2021-2022 Leg. Sess. (R.I. 2021).

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