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Several localities in some states, like California, Illinois, and Washington, also instituted required leave accruals for workers in those jurisdictions. To add another wrinkle to required leave time policies, several states are administering what is being called Paid Family Leave (PFL). These programs run concurrent to the federal FMLA 12-week (also, an extra 2 weeks in some areas for victims of domestic violence or for baby bonding time) allowance with the exception that the employee is being paid while out.
This has left employers and payrollers with a hodgepodge of requirements to administer , depending upon where the workforce is located. Connecticut in 2011 was the first state to require employers to provide employees a minimum number of days to be taken as sick time. Since then, as of late 2024, there are 18 states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregan, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington) plus Washington, D.C. that require employers to provide paid sick time off.
Most of these PFL funds are collected by the jurisdiction as an additional
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