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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND | |
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Giraldo, Morales, Sanchez, Cruz, Stewart, and Voas | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-48-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-48 entitled "Rhode Island |
2 | Parental and Family Medical Leave Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-48-2. Parental leave and family leave requirement. |
4 | (a) Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) |
5 | consecutive months shall be entitled, upon advance notice to his or her employer, to thirteen (13) |
6 | twenty-six (26) consecutive workweeks of parental leave or family leave in any two (2) calendar |
7 | years. The employee shall give at least thirty (30) days’ notice of the intended date upon which |
8 | parental leave or family leave shall commence and terminate, unless prevented by medical |
9 | emergency from giving the notice. The director shall promulgate regulations governing the form |
10 | and content of the employee’s notice to the employer. |
11 | (b) Parental leave or family leave granted pursuant to this chapter may consist of unpaid |
12 | leave. If an employer provides paid parental leave or family leave for fewer than thirteen (13) |
13 | twenty-six (26) weeks, the additional weeks of leave added to attain the total of thirteen (13) |
14 | twenty-six (26) weeks required by subsection (a) may be unpaid. |
15 | (c) The employer may request that the employee provide the employer with written |
16 | certification from a physician caring for the person who is the reason for the employee’s leave, |
17 | which certification shall specify the probable duration of the employee’s leave. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND | |
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT | |
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1 | This act would increase the amount of unpaid parental or family leave available to an |
2 | employee, from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-six (26) weeks, in any two (2) calendar years. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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