Connecticut Law About Family Medical Leave

Connecticut Law About Family Medical Leave
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Research Guides

Connecticut Public Acts

Research Guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Employment Law and the Family
- Section 3: Family Medical Leave

Connecticut Department of Labor

New CT FMLA Leave - Paid Leave Guidance

CT Family and Medical Leave and CT Paid Leave are two separate programs that are guided by two distinct laws, however they could apply simultaneously to all or a part of an employee[s] family or medical leave situation. An employee can be eligible for both programs and must apply with each program separately.

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

State Paid Sick Leave Laws - 2024-R-077
Connecticut's Family and Medical Leave Act - 2022-R-0208
Exemptions in the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act - 2020-R-0129
Issue Brief: Connecticut's Paid Family and Medical Leave - 2020-R-0325
Family Medical Leave and Workers' Compensation - 2005-R-0925
Paid Family Leave or Mandated Disability Benefits - 2005-R-0587
Maternity Leave-Religious Institutions - 2003-R-0888
Teacher Eligibility for Paid Leave Under P.A. 03-213 - 2003-R-0907
Firing Employees for Excessive Sick Days - 2001-R-0945

Connecticut Network for Legal Aid:

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund

Workplace Issues

Library Materials

Search the online catalog for availability and locations.

Connecticut Employment Law by Stephen B. Harris.
Connecticut Labor & Employment Law (3rd ed.) by Jay S. Seigel, et al.
Labor and Employment in Connecticut: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations and Practice (2nd ed.) by Jeffrey L. Hirsch.
Tri-State Employer, Lexis Publishing

Public Act 24-102. An. An Act Concerning Clairifying the Appeals Process Under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Statutes.
Public Act 24-5rong>. An Act Concerning Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Statutes

Public Act 19-25. An Act Concerning Paid Family and Medical Leave

Summary of Public Act 19-25

Public Act 19-117. An Act Concerning the State Budget

Secs. 232-235, amending Public Act 19-25

Connecticut General Statutes

Selected statutes:

Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation

Sec. 31-51ll. Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer.
Sec. 31-51mm. Family and medical leave: Certification.
Sec. 31-51nn. Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection.
Sec. 31-51oo. Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents.
Sec. 31-51pp. Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies.

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Connecticut Regulations

31-49p-1 to 31-49p-10 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal Procedures
31-51qq-1 to 31-51qq-48 - The Family and Medical Leave Act
31-51rr-1 to 31-51rr-57 - Family and Medical Leave for School Paraprofessionals

U.S. Department of Labor

Family Medical Leave Act

Federal Laws

Connecticut Law by Subject