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Connecticut General Statutes Title 31. Labor § 31-51rr. Family and medical leave benefits for employees of political subdivisions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Each political subdivision of the state shall provide the same family and medical leave benefits under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, P.L. 103-3,  1 and 29 CFR 825.112 to (1) any employee of such political subdivision who is a party to a marriage in which the other party is of the same sex as the employee, and who has been employed for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least one thousand two hundred fifty hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period, which benefits shall be the same as are provided to an employee who is a party to a marriage in which the other party is of the opposite sex of such employee, (2) on or after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, a paraeducator who has been employed in an educational setting for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least nine hundred fifty hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period, or (3) on or after October 1, 2024, any person employed by a local or regional board of education who does not hold a professional certification under chapter 166  2 and has been employed for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least nine hundred fifty hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period.

(b)(1) Any employee of a political subdivision of the state who has worked at least twelve months and one thousand two hundred fifty hours for such employer during the previous twelve-month period, (2) on or after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, a paraeducator who has been employed in an educational setting for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least nine hundred fifty hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period, or (3) on or after October 1, 2024, any person employed by a local or regional board of education who does not hold a professional certification under chapter 166 and has been employed for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least nine hundred fifty hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period may request leave in order to serve as an organ or bone marrow donor, provided such employee may be required, prior to the inception of such leave, to provide sufficient written certification from the physician of such employee, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse of the proposed organ or bone marrow donation and the probable duration of the employee's recovery from such donation.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing leave in addition to the total of twelve workweeks of leave during any twelve-month period provided under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, P.L. 103-3.

(d) The Labor Department shall enforce compliance with the provisions of this section.

(e) For the purposes of subdivision (2) of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no hours of service worked by a paraeducator prior to the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall be included in the requisite nine hundred fifty hours of service.

(f) The Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations for the provision of family and medical leave benefits to paraeducators employed in an educational setting pursuant to this section.

1 29 U.S.C.A. § 2601 et seq.
2 C.G.S.A. § 10-144o et seq.
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