Adheres to FMLA law as-is,

no additions STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN

Heres how the states stack up when it comes to paid leave. Those grayed out on
this map simply follow the federal FMLA requirements for unpaid leave. Those in
red have passed laws to improve upon the federal law, described below.

Expanded family definitions

Additional unpaid leave uses
Maine Paid family/medical leave (FML) or sick leave (SL)
Washington
ARIZONA MASSACHUSETTS
Vermont Accrued SL Childs school-related;
routine family medical visits
Minnesota CALIFORNIA
Accrued SL
Domestic partners and
children MINNESOTA
Oregon Childs school-related Childs school-related
Wisconsin Up to six weeks FML at 55
New York NEVADA
percent wages; accrued SL
Childs school-related
COLORADO
NEW JERSEY
Domestic violence/assault
or stalking; childs Civil union partners and
school-related children, parents-in-law and
step-parents
Nevada CONNECTICUT Up to six weeks FML at up
Illinois Civil union partners and to 75 percent wages
parents-in-law
NEW YORK
Colorado Massachusetts Organ/bone marrow
donation Up to eight weeks FML
at up to 50 percent wages
Accrued SL
California (starting 2018)
Rhode Island DISTRICT
NORTH CAROLINA
N. Carolina Any related by blood/legal
Childs school-related
custody/marriage, domestic
Connecticut partners and children OREGON
Childs school-related Domestic partners,
Arizona Accrued SL grandparents,
New Jersey grandchildren and
FLORIDA parents-in-law
Domestic violence/assault Nonserious injury/illness
or stalking of a child
District
HAWAII Accrued SL
Grandparents, parents- RHODE ISLAND
Louisiana in-law, grandparents-in-law
Maryland Domestic partners of
and beneficiaries
state employees and
Domestic violence/assault parents-in-law
or stalking
Childs school-related
Florida
Hawaii ILLINOIS Up to four weeks for
Domestic violence/assault parental/caregiving; up
or stalking; childs to 30 weeks for disability
school-related (FML)
LOUISIANA VERMONT
Childs school-related Civil union partners and
parents-in-law
MAINE Childs school-related;
Domestic partners and routine family medical visits
children, siblings Accrued SL
Organ donation; death
of servicemember killed in WASHINGTON
active duty Accrued SL (starting 2018)
MARYLAND WISCONSIN
Step, adopted and Parents-in-law
unrelated caregivers
Organ donation;
SOURCE: National Conference of State Legislatures service leave

TYPES OF CORPORATE LEAVE

Companies can institute their own policies. A SHRM survey found vacation is common, but paid sick leave Average days until eligible,
BIGGEST BENEFICIARIES
was more often lumped into the same policy than offered on its own. full-time employees Oftentimes, the higher the paychecks, the sweeter the paid leave perks.

Paid vacation plan HOUSEHOLD REGULAR PAY PARTIAL PAY NO PAY

Separate plans for vacation time 91% 100
INCOME % Receive % Receive % Receive
taken in increments of days/weeks <$30,000 22% 14% 62%
$30,000 to $74,999 42 18 40
Paid-time-off plan (PTO)
All-inclusive plan for sick, vacation 87 60 $75,000+ 58 15 26
and personal days combined All 47 16 36
SOURCE: Pew Research Center
Paid personal leave plan
14 68
Separate plan for personal time off

Paid sick leave plan

Separate plan spurred by illness, 9 50
injury, caring for a sick dependent SOURCE: Society for Human Resource Management, 2016 survey