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FEDERAL ELEMENTS |
STATE ELEMENTS |
| Employer Covered |
Private Employers of 50 or more
Employees in at least 20 weeks of the current
or preceding year
Public agencies, including state, local, and
Federal Employers
Local education agencies covered under special
provisions |
Any business entity that employs
15 or more Employees at one location in this
State
The State, all branches, departments or agencies
Any city, town or municipal agency that employs
25 or more Employees
Any agent of an Employer, the State or political
subdivision
No special provision for local education agencies |
| Employees Eligible |
Worked for Employer for at least
12 months - which need not be consecutive; worked
at least 1,250 hours for Employer during 12
months preceding leave; and employed at Employer
worksite with 50 or more Employees or within
75 miles of Employer worksites with a total
of 50 or more Employees |
Any Employee employed by same
Employer for 12 consecutive months at a permanent
worksite with 15 or more Employees |
| Leave Amount |
Up to a total of 12 weeks during
a 12-month period; however, leave for birth,
adoption, foster care, or to care for a parent
with a serious health condition must be shared
by spouses working for same Employer |
10 weeks during a 2-year period
No provision regarding spousal sharing of leave |
| Type of Leave |
Unpaid leave for birth, placement
of child for adoption or foster care, to provide
care for Employee's own parent (including individuals
who exercise parental responsibility under state
law), child, or spouse with serious health condition,
or Employee's own serious health condition |
Similar to Federal provisions,
except adoption leave only if child 16 or younger;
no foster care provision |
| Serious Health Condition |
Illness, injury, impairment,
or physical or mental condition involving incapacity
or treatment connected with inpatient care in
hospital, hospice, or residential medical-care
facility; or, continuing treatment by a health
care provider involving a period of incapacity:
(1) requiring absence of more than 3 consecutive
calendar days from work, school, or other activities;
(2) due to a chronic or long-term condition
for which treatment may be ineffective; (3)
absences to receive multiple treatments (including
recovery periods) for a condition that if left
untreated likely would result in incapacity
of more than 3 days; or (4) due to any incapacity
related to pregnancy or for prenatal care |
Similar to Federal provisions,
but without specificity regarding length of
incapacity |
| Health Care Provider |
Doctors of medicine or osteopathy
authorized to practice medicine or surgery;
podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists,
clinical social workers, optometrists, chiropractors
(limited to manual manipulation of spine to
correct subluxation shown to exist by x-ray),
nurse practitioners, and nurse-midwives, if
authorized to practice under State law and consistent
with the scope of their authorization; Christian
Science practitioners listed with the First
Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, MA; any
provider so recognized by the Employer or its
group health plan's benefits manager; and any
health provider listed above who practices and
is authorized to practice in a country other
than the United States |
Doctor of medicine or osteopathy
who is licensed in State or any other person
determined by the Secretary of Labor to be capable
of providing health care services; see below
regarding certification by practitioner of spiritual
healing arts |
| Intermittent Leave |
Permitted for serious health
condition when medically necessary. Not permitted
for care of newborn or new placement by adoption
or foster care unless Employer agrees |
No specific provisions |
| Substitution of Paid Leave |
Employees may elect or Employers
may require accrued paid leave to be substituted
in some cases. No limits on substituting paid
vacation or personal leave. An Employee may
not substitute paid sick, medical, of family
leave for any situation not covered by any Employers'
leave plan |
If the Employer provides paid
family medical leave for fewer than 10 weeks,
the additional weeks of leave added to attain
the total of 10 weeks may be unpaid |
| Reinstatement Rights |
Must be restored to same position
or one equivalent to it in all benefits and
other terms and conditions of employment |
Similar to Federal provision |
| Key Employee Exception |
Limited exception for salaried
Employees if among highest paid 10%, within
75 miles of worksites, restoration would lead
to grievous economic harm to Employer, and other
conditions met |
No specific provision |
| Maintenance of Health Benefits
During Leave |
Health insurance must be continued
under same conditions as prior to leave |
No specific provision |
| Leave Requests |
To be made by Employee at least
30 days prior to date leave is to begin where
need is known in advance or, where not foreseeable,
as soon as practicable.
If due to a planned medical treatment or for
intermittent leave, the Employee, subject to
health care provider's approval, shall make
a reasonable effort to schedule it in a way
that does not unduly disrupt Employer's operation
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Made by Employee 30 days in
advance unless prevented by medical emergency |
| Medical Certification May Be
Required by Employer for: |
Request for leave because of
serious health condition
To demonstrate Employee's fitness to return
to work from medical leave where Employer has
a uniformly applied practice or policy to require
such certification |
From physician to verify amount
of leave requested by Employee; may be provided
by accredited practitioner relying on prayer
or spiritual means
No provision regarding fitness to return to
work |
| Executive, Administrative, and Professional
Employees |
Such individuals are entitled
to FMLA benefits. However, their use of FMLA
leave does not change their status under the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), i.e., an Employer,
does not lose its exemption from the FLSA's
minimum wage and overtime requirements. |
No specific provision |
