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UPDATE Illinois Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave

We have updated the logic for this policy to ensure that it populates for employers with 16 or more employees nationally and 1 in Illinois.

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UPDATE Oregon Family and Medical Leave for Employers Not Covered by the FMLA

We have updated this policy to clarify the circumstances in which an employer can require verification of the basis for absence.

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UPDATE: Oregon Family and Medical Leave

We have updated this policy to clarify the circumstances in which an employer can require verification of the basis for absence.

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NEW Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave (for Employers Using the State Plan)

We have updated this policy to reflect revised agency guidance regarding the ability of an employee to supplement benefits with accrued paid time off.

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UPDATE Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave (for Employers Using a Private Plan)

We have updated this policy to reflect revised agency guidance regarding the ability of an employee to supplement benefits with accrued paid time off.

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UPDATE: Maine: Family and Medical Leave

We have updated the policy text and advisory notes (Explain this to me) to include changes to the Maine Family and Medical Leave Act (MFMLA) expanding the definition of family member to allow an eligible employee to take MFMLA leave to care for a grandchild or a domestic partner’s grandchild, effective September 14, 2021.

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UPDATE Delaware Paid Family Leave

We have updated the explanatory notes for this policy to include additional information regarding a newly covered employer’s obligation to provide notice of coverage.

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UPDATE Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Paid Sick Time

We have updated this policy to note current applicability, as well as to reflect minor modifications to the definition of a covered employee. 

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NEW Maryland Baltimore Pregnancy Accommodations

We have added this policy because Baltimore now requires employers to provide a handbook policy addressing employee rights to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, recovery from pregnancy, or related conditions.

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UPDATE Minnesota Nursing Mothers, Lactating employees, and Pregnancy Accommodations

We have revised this policy for consistency with the state's updated model notice.

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