Paid Family/Parental Leave Policies for Municipal Employees (Not Exhaustive)1 Updated March 2020 Arizona Georgia Massachusetts New York Oregon Flagstaff Atlanta Boston New York City Multnomah County Clarkston Cambridge Syracuse Portland California Fort Valley Palo Alto Macon-Bibb County Michigan North Carolina Pennsylvania Sacramento County Marietta Ferndale Cary Allegheny County

San Francisco Warner Robins Chapel Hill Montgomery County

Minnesota Charlotte Philadelphia Colorado Idaho Brooklyn Park Durham Pittsburgh Boulder County Boise Hennepin County Durham County Pitkin County Minneapolis † Rhode Island Meridian Greensboro Richfield Hillsborough Providence District of Illinois Saint Paul Mecklenburg County† Columbia Tennessee Chicago St. Louis Park Morrisville Washington, D.C.† Nashville† Cook County Orange County Missouri Rolesville Texas Florida Indiana Kansas City Coral Gables Wake County Austin Allen County Cutler Bay Montana DeSoto Fort Wayne Ohio Doral Helena Lake Jackson Lake County* Beachwood Gainesville Missoula San Antonio South Bend Cincinnati Hillsborough County Missoula County Columbus† Utah Jacksonville Iowa New Hampshire Dayton Midvale Leon County Dubuque Hopkinton Lucas County Salt Lake City Miami Beach Iowa City Middletown Miami-Dade County New Jersey Salt Lake County Newburgh Heights Kansas Hoboken Palm Beach County Oberlin Virginia Roeland Park Jersey City St. Petersburg Summit County Fairfax County Tallahassee Shawnee New Mexico Upper Arlington Richmond Tampa Maryland Albuquerque Virginia Beach Wellington Salisbury West Palm Beach

1The policies summarized in this chart are those that have been reported or that the National Partnership is aware of as of February 2020. Some of the information contained herein is from secondary sources. * Policy approved, but details not yet available. † Policy includes coverage for family caregiving and/or military exigency purposes.

Washington King County Seattle† Shoreline†

Wisconsin Clintonville Dane County Sun Prairie

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Birth, adoption, Benefit eligible All purposes: 160 hours Full salary Employee does not need (2018) foster placement, employees who have (pro-rated for part-time to exhaust paid leave recovery from completed six months employees); 224 hours for first; can extend leave stillbirth or live of employment Fire Suppression with accrued leave; birth, newly Employees; can be used other types of leave appointed legal intermittently or as continue to accrue guardianship reduced scheduled leave during paid parental leave; if a city holiday occurs during paid parental leave, the employee receives holiday pay California Palo Alto, Calif. Birth, adoption, All city employees; All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of Must be taken (2018) foster placement parents without regard regular base pay concurrently with FMLA to marital status or leave; if a city holiday sexual orientation occurs during paid parental leave, the employee receives holiday pay San Francisco, Birth, adoption, City employees who Leave to care for new Supplements state Must be taken Calif. (2003, foster placement; work 20+ hours/week child: 12 weeks benefits up to full concurrently with FMLA amended 2015) employees and have completed amount of leave; employee must unable to work either six months of Pregnancy/ employee’s salary first exhaust all accrued due to continuous service or childbirth/related paid leave (but may pregnancy, worked 1,040 hours in retain 40 hours) or the disability: Additional four childbirth, the previous year; compensation amount weeks related condition parents and spouses or will be reduced by the domestic partners amount of accrued paid leave the employee chooses to retain, less 40 hours

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Sacramento Birth, adoption Full- and part-time All purposes: 160 hours Full salary Must be used before County, Calif. county employees with used within four months employee takes unpaid (2010) at least one year of (prorated for part-time leave to care for a new continuous service; employees) child; counts toward parents employee’s 12-week entitlement to medical leave for a serious health condition and/or family leave to care for a new child (not including pregnancy leave) Colorado Boulder County, Birth, adoption, Full-time employees All purposes: Up to 160 Regular pay Must run concurrently Co. (2016) foster-to-adopt who have successfully hours (part-time with FMLA leave and placement completed initial employees will be paid a Short Term Disability introductory period; percentage of the for eligible employees; parents, including maximum allowed based vacation, holiday and adoptive foster-to- on time worked) medical leave continue adopt parents and to accrue during paid domestic partners parental leave ineligible to adopt and listed as a parent on the child’s birth certificate

Pitkin County, Co. Birth, adoption, Regular full- or part- All purposes: 12 weeks 100 percent of Must be taken (2019) foster placement time employees who regular, straight- concurrently with FMLA qualify and are time pay leave; may be used in approved for FMLA addition to other forms leave of paid time off; employees continue to accrue PTO; employees maintain regular benefits through leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave District of Columbia Washington, D.C. Birth, adoption, District government All purposes: Eight weeks Full salary Must be taken (2014)† foster placement, employees who are concurrently with FMLA guardianship neither temporary nor and D.C. FMLA leave placement, working an permanent intermittent schedule); assumption of parents, spouses, parental domestic partners and responsibilities family members for a child, care for family member with serious health condition Florida Coral Gables, Fla. Birth, adoption, Full-time, regular city All purposes: Six 100 percent of base Must run concurrently (2017) foster placement employees who have consecutive weeks wages for the first with FMLA leave; does been employed for at two weeks; 75 not affect the ability to least one year percent for the take any other kind of following two weeks leave; if a city holiday and 50 percent for occurs while the the remaining two employee is on paid weeks; employees parental leave, such day may use accrued will be charged to leave in order to holiday leave, such receive 100 percent holiday leave will extend of base pay for the the total paid parental weeks reimbursed leave entitlement by the at 75 or 50 percent number of holidays wages within the parental leave pay period. Cutler Bay, Fla. Birth, adoption, Regular, full-time All purposes: Four weeks, 100 percent of Must run concurrently (2018) foster placement employees who have to be taken in day or regular, straight- with FMLA leave; worked for the city for week increments in the time weekly pay cannot be used at least 12 months and concurrently with short-

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave have worked at least first 12 weeks after a term disability benefit; if 1,250 hours during the qualifying event a city holiday or town 12-months preceding administrative leave the leave and not occurs during the period covered by a collective of paid parental leave, bargaining agreement; such day will be charged parents to holiday pay but will not extend the total paid parental leave entitlement Doral, Fla. (2016) Birth, adoption, Full-time regular All purposes: Four weeks 100 percent of Will run concurrently foster placement employees not covered straight-time, with FMLA leave; after by a collective regular pay paid parental leave or bargaining agreement; other short-term been employed by the disability leave for city for at least 12 employees giving birth is months; have worked exhausted, the balance at least 1,250 hours of FMLA leave (if during the 12 months applicable) will be preceding the leave; compensated through parents the employee’s accrued sick, vacation or personal time; once accrued leave is exhausted, any remaining leave will be unpaid; if a city holiday occurs during the period of paid parental leave, such day will be charged to holiday pay but will not extend the total paid parental leave entitlement; if the city offers administrative leave during the period

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave of paid parental leave, that time will be recorded as paid parental leave and the entitlement will not be extended; an employee who takes paid parental leave that does not qualify for FMLA leave will still be afforded the same level of job protection available under the FMLA while on paid parental leave Gainesville, Fla. Birth, adoption, All non-represented All purposes: 12 100 percent regular Must be used (2018) foster placement regular employees who consecutive weeks base pay concurrently with FMLA have been employed by immediately following a leave the city for at least one qualifying event year and have worked at leave 1,250 hours during the 12 months previous to the leave; parents Hillsborough Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: 240 hours 100 percent of Will run concurrently County, Fla. (2018) foster placement at least one year of (pro-rated for employees regular, straight- with FMLA leave for continuous service and in reduced-hour positions) time weekly pay employees who qualify either occupy a full- for FMLA leave; annual time position or are a and sick leave continue benefits-eligible to accrue during the employee within the period of paid parental classified or leave; if a holiday occurs unclassified service; during paid parental parents leave, the employee will receive holiday pay instead of paid parental leave, but a holiday does

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave not extend the duration of the leave.

Employees who are eligible for short-term disability (STD) or long term disability (LTD) benefits must apply for those benefits; if an employee receives STD benefits, the county will compensate the difference in benefit amount to ensure the employee receives a total of 100 percent of regular pay. Jacksonville, Fla. Birth, adoption Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of Will run concurrently (2018) worked for the village immediately following the regular, straight- with FMLA and be for at least 12 birth or adoption; may be time pay counted toward 12-week consecutive months taken intermittently entitlement; if a city and have worked at during the six-week holiday occurs during least 1,250 hours period paid parental leave, the during the 12 months employee receives preceding the leave; holiday pay and the parents holiday will not reduce the original six week benefit; other benefits remain the same during the period of paid parental leave Leon County, Fla. Birth, adoption Regular full-time and All purposes: Six For Week 1 and 2: Will run concurrently (2017) part-time employees continuous weeks 100 percent of base with FMLA leave; who meet the hours following the qualifying hourly rate of pay; annual and sick leave and service eligibility event. If both employees For Week 3 and 4: continue to accrue requirements under work for the county, 75 percent of base during the period of paid

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave the Family and under FMLA there is a hourly rate of pay; parental leave; if a Medical Leave Act combined 12-week limit. For Week 5 and 6: holiday occurs during (FMLA); an employee Additionally, each 50 percent of base paid parental leave, the must have worked for employee is entitled to a hourly rate of pay employee will receive the county for at least six week paid parental holiday pay instead of 12 months and worked leave period; the two six paid parental leave, but at least 1,250 hours week periods cannot be a holiday does not during the 12 month shared between each extend the duration of period preceding the spouse; however, spouses the leave leave; parents (incl. are permitted to stagger birth and adoption) the start of their continuous six week periods as long as the combined period does not extend past 12 weeks. Miami Beach, Fla. Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of base Will run concurrently (2016) foster placement, worked for the city for wages for first two with FMLA leave and recovery from one continuous year; weeks, 75 percent of any other unpaid leave stillbirth parents regardless of base wages for offered by the city for gender, same-sex following two weeks, childbirth or adoption couples 50 percent of base wages for remaining Implementation for two weeks; employees covered by employee may use collective bargaining accrued leave to agreements is receive contingent upon compensation up to collective bargaining 100 percent during and union approval to weeks reimbursed the extent that union at rates of 75 approval is necessary percent and 50 percent Miami-Dade Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of base Will run concurrently County, Fla. (2016) foster placement, worked for the city for wages for first two with FMLA leave and recovery from at least one year; weeks, 75 percent of any other unpaid leave parents regardless of base wages for

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave stillbirth, gender; same-sex following two weeks, offered by the city for surrogacy couples 50 percent of base childbirth or adoption wages for remaining Includes employees two weeks; covered by collective employee may use bargaining agreements accrued leave to whose agreement receive explicitly provides for compensation up to this benefit 100 percent during weeks reimbursed at rates of 75 percent and 50 percent Palm Beach Birth, adoption Full-time employees All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of base Will run concurrently County, Fla. (2017) or foster with at least one year pay with FMLA leave; placement of service; parents vacation and sick leave continue to accrue during period of paid parental leave St. Petersburg, Fla. Birth, adoption, Full-time city All purposes: Six weeks Full pay of regular Must run concurrently (2015) foster placement employees; parents base salary with FMLA leave Tallahassee, Fla. Birth, adoption Permanent full or part- All purposes: 240 hours, Not specified Must run concurrently (2019) time city employees prorated for part-time with FMLA leave; who are FMLA-eligible employees, which must personal leave and sick and not covered by a begin in the first 12 leave continue to accrue collective bargaining weeks following birth or during parental leave; agreement; parents adoption; cannot be used health and other insurance benefits will regardless of gender; intermittently. does not cover foster continue at the same level during parental leave; if a parents, surrogate paid holiday occurs mothers or sperm during parental leave, the donors employee receives holiday pay, but the holiday does not extend the duration of the parental leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Tampa, Fla. (2017) Birth, adoption, Employees who are Primary caregivers: Eight 100 percent of pay Will run concurrently foster placement assigned at least 40 of consecutive weeks with FMLA leave; sick hours of work per week and annual leave and who have worked Secondary caregivers: continue to accrue for the city for at least Two consecutive weeks during the period of paid one continuous year parental leave; if a holiday occurs during paid parental leave, the employee receives holiday pay Wellington, Fla. Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Six 100 percent of base Will run concurrently (2016) foster placement worked for the village consecutive weeks wages with FMLA leave; Short for at least 12 Term Disability (STD) consecutive months must be used (as and have worked at applicable) concurrently least 1,250 hours with paid parental during the 12 months leave, and paid parental preceding the leave; leave will offset any pay parents not covered by STD West Palm Beach, Birth, adoption, Full-time employees All purposes: Six weeks Base hourly rate of Will run concurrently Fla. (2016) foster placement who have worked for pay with FMLA leave the city at least 12 months and worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months preceding the leave; parents Georgia Atlanta, Ga. (2015) Birth, adoption, City employees; Primary caregiver: Six Full salary Must run concurrently foster placement primary caregivers, weeks with FMLA leave domestic partners and spouses Non-primary caregiver who is a domestic partner or spouse: Two weeks

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Clarkston, Ga. Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Eight weeks 67 percent of then- Will run concurrently (2016) foster placement, worked for the city for prevailing salary with FMLA leave; pregnancy, at least six consecutive annual leave and sick childbirth months preceding the leave continue to accrue recovery leave; biological, during the period of paid adoptive, and foster parental leave, but will parents, legal only be credited upon guardians, domestic return from paid partners, spouses parental leave Fort Valley, Ga. Birth, adoption Employees of the city Parent who gives birth: Not specified Will run concurrently (2017) who have accrued at Four weeks (or shift with FMLA leave least six months of equivalent) full-time service at the time leave is granted; Other purposes: One parents (birth or week (or shift equivalent) adoption) Macon-Bibb Birth, adoption Employees who have Parent who gives birth: Not specified Will run concurrently County, Ga. (2017) accrued at least one Four weeks with FMLA leave year of full-time service; biological and Other purposes: One adoptive parents week Marietta, Ga. Birth Full-time employees Parent who gives birth: Full salary, Will run concurrently (2016) who have worked for Four weeks provided the with FMLA leave; the city for at least one employee has at employees must have at year; parents who have least four weeks of least 21 hours of given birth FMLA remaining accruals used during a weekly pay period in order to continue accruing vacation and sick leave Warner Robins, Ga. Birth, adoption Employees who have Parent who gives birth: Full salary Will run concurrently (2017) accrued at least one Four weeks (or shift with FMLA leave; year of full-time equivalent) annual and sick leave service; biological and continue to accrue adoptive parents Other purposes: One during period of paid week parental leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Idaho Boise, Idaho (2016) Birth, adoption Regular full and part-- All purposes: Six Not specified Must run concurrently time employees who continuous work weeks with FMLA leave have been employed for 60 days; employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement not included; parents regardless of gender Meridian, Idaho Birth, adoption Regular, full-time All purposes: Two Not specified Not specified (2019) employees who are consecutive calendar FMLA-eligible; parents weeks regardless of gender Illinois Chicago, Ill. (2011) Birth, adoption, Non-union city Parent who gives birth: Full salary Must be taken recovery from employees who are Six weeks for employee concurrently with FMLA childbirth FMLA-eligible (have who gives birth via C- leave; can extend leave worked for the city for section; Four weeks for with other earned paid at least 12 months and vaginal birth time off for 1,250 hours in the previous year); parents Other purposes: Two and spouses or weeks domestic partners Cook County, Ill. Birth, adoption Full-time, non-union Parent who gives birth: Full salary Must run concurrently (2013) county employees who Six weeks for employee with FMLA leave; may are FMLA-eligible; who gives birth via C- be combined with other parents and spouses of section; Four weeks for accrued paid vacation, domestic/civil union vaginal birth personal and/or sick partners time to achieve the Other purposes: Two maximum paid time off weeks Indiana Allen County, Ind. Birth, adoption Full-time, regular All purposes: Three Full salary Must run concurrently (2019) employees who have weeks, which must be with FMLA leave worked for the city for

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave at least 12 months; taken within six weeks of parents birth or adoption Fort Wayne, Ind. Birth, adoption Employees who have All purposes: 120 hours Full salary Must run concurrently (2018) worked for the city for during the first 12 weeks with FMLA leave; runs at least 12 months and following a birth or in addition to but worked at least 1,250 adoption, not to be taken concurrent with short- hours during the 12- intermittently term disability benefit; if month period a city holiday occurs preceding leave; birth For employees with short- during paid parental mothers, biological term disability benefits leave, the employee fathers, and adoptive associated with receives holiday pay but mothers or fathers; childbirth, the 120 hours length of parental leave does not cover will cover the one week is not extended; vacation individuals who adopt waiting period before continues to accrue a spouse’s child benefits pay, then will during the period of paid cover 40 percent of salary parental leave not covered by short-term disability for the following five weeks South Bend, Ind. Birth, adoption Full-time and benefit- All purposes: Six weeks; 100 percent of Will run concurrently (2018) eligible employees who may be taken regular, straight- with FMLA and be have worked for the continuously or in one- time weekly pay counted toward 12-week city for at least 12 week increments within entitlement; if a city months and have the first six months holiday occurs during worked at least 1,250 following birth or paid parental leave, the hours during 12-month adoption employee receives period preceding the holiday pay but length of leave; parents who are parental leave is not primary caregivers, extended; vacation and which may be both sick leave continue to parents; does not cover accrue during the period individuals who adopt of paid parental leave a spouse’s child

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Iowa Dubuque, Iowa Birth, adoption, Full-time, non- All purposes: 12 weeks, Regular base pay Use of parental leave (2019) foster-to-adopt bargaining unit can be used plus longevity will not reduce eligibility placement employees; parents; intermittently for other types of leave does not cover foster parents, legal guardians, surrogate mothers or biological parents with no parental rights, miscarriage or the death of a child, or individuals who adopt a spouse’s child Iowa City, Iowa.† Birth, adoption; Employees who have All purposes: Four weeks, 70 percent of Must run concurrently (2018) spouse, parent or been employed for one available after two weeks regular rate of pay; with FMLA leave child diagnosed year in a permanent of leave during which employee may use with a serious position who are not employees must use other other leave or health condition covered by a collective accrued leave or go accrue additional bargaining agreement; unpaid paid work hours to parents, individuals supplement with a spouse, parent remaining pay or child with a serious health condition Kansas Roeland Park, Kan. Birth, adoption, Full time regular and All purposes: Six Employee’s certified Eligible employees must (2020) foster placement appointed employees continuous weeks, must normal rate of pay apply for short-term who have worked for be used within 12 weeks disability benefits as a the city for at least 12 of birth, adoption or condition of receiving months and at least foster placement paid parental leave, and 2,080 hours; does not short-term disability cover surrogate benefits will offset mothers, sperm salary continuation donors, individuals through paid parental who adopt a spouse’s leave; vacation and sick

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave child, or respite leave continue to accrue placement (temporary during the period of paid care for a foster child parental leave; if a of another foster holiday occurs during family) the period of paid parental leave, the employee will receive holiday pay in lieu of paid parental leave but length of parental leave is not extended Shawnee, Kan. Birth, adoption, Regular full time and Parent who gives birth: Not specified Must run concurrently (2019) foster placement part-time employees; For 40 hour/week with FMLA leave; if a parents (incl. birth, employees, 240 hours; for city holiday occurs adoption and foster), fire department 24-hour during the period of paid does not cover shift employees, 336 parental leave, the day individuals who adopt hours; for part-time will be charged to a spouse’s child employees classified as holiday pay and will three-quarter time, up to extend the total paid 180 hours; for part-time parental leave employees classified as entitlement; an half-time, up to 120 hours employee who takes paid parental leave but does Other parents: For 40 not qualify for FMLA hour/week employees, 120 will be afforded the hours; for fire department same level of job 24-hour shift employees, protection for the paid 168 hours; for part-time parental leave as if they employees classified as were on FMLA- three-quarter time, 90 qualifying leave hours; for part-time employees classified as half-time, 60 hours

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Maryland Salisbury, Md. Birth, adoption Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks; Not specified Must run concurrently (2018) worked for the city for can be non-consecutive. If with FMLA leave; may at least 12 months and both parents are exhaust paid parental for at least 1,250 hours employed by the city, six leave before using other during the previous 12 weeks is the maximum accrued sick or leave months; parents combined total available. time; use of accrued sick time and leave time will not extend or delay the 12 week family/medical leave period Massachusetts Boston, Mass. Birth, adoption, Exempt/non-union city All purposes: Six weeks Full base wages for Must run concurrently (2015) surrogacy, employees with at first two weeks; 75 with leaves under recovery from least one year of percent for next two FMLA, Massachusetts stillbirth service and employees weeks; 50 percent Parental Leave Act and covered by a collective for final two weeks the city’s unpaid leave bargaining agreement due to childbirth or providing for this adoption; can receive full benefit; parents, pay for final four weeks spouses and domestic of leave by partners supplementing with vacation and sick time Cambridge, Mass. Birth, adoption, Non-union employees All purposes: Eight weeks Not specified Must run concurrently (2015) foster placement, in regular, benefitted with leaves under FMLA surrogacy, positions who have and Massachusetts stillbirth worked for the city for Parental Leave Act; at least three policy provides for up to continuous months in 24 weeks of leave with a regular, non-union first eight weeks paid position budgeted to through paid parental work at least 20 hours leave policy; In addition, per week; union women who have given employees are covered birth may use up to only if specifically eight weeks of

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave provided for in accumulated sick time collective bargaining immediately following agreements; parents birth; all new parents regardless of gender may use up to four weeks of accumulated sick time to bond with new child; employees can also use accrued vacation, personal, compensatory and/or administrative time; service credit, sick leave, vacation leave and personal time continue to accrue during paid portion of leave Michigan Ferndale, Mich. Birth, adoption Permanent full-time All purposes: 12 weeks Full salary; up to Must run concurrently (2016) employees who work at (six weeks of city paid nine weeks – six with FMLA leave; least 35 hours per parental leave, initial weeks of city employee must exhaust week or permanent immediately followed by paid parental leave banked leave being used full-time employees on up to three weeks of and three weeks of for the up to three weeks a leave of absence employee’s own accrued, city matched of employee-paid leave (incl. but not limited to vacation, parental leave – are matched by the city extended sick leave) sick and/or personal time, funded from the city who ordinarily work to be matched by the city budget and up to 35+ hours per week; for up to three weeks of three weeks are biological parents of a additional paid parental paid by the newborn and legal leave) employee through guardians of a newly banked time adopted/placed minor child

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Minnesota Brooklyn Park, Birth, adoption City employees who All purposes: Two weeks Full salary One week (five Minn. (2014) have worked an consecutive days) is average of 20 immediately available, hours/week for six and a second week may consecutive months, be taken immediately excluding independent after the employee has contractors or used 12 weeks of FMLA employees covered by a or state parenting leave, collective bargaining which will also require agreement; parents the employee to use accumulated sick leave until 80 hours remain Hennepin County, Birth, adoption County employees, All purposes: 120 hours Full salary Must be taken Minn. (2015) including those for full-time employees concurrently with FMLA covered by collective (prorated for part-time leave; can use sick time bargaining employees) and short-term agreements; parents, disability before leave spouses and domestic and vacation donation partners program after leave

Minneapolis, Minn. Birth, adoption Regular or seasonal All purposes: 120 hours Wages and fringe Must run concurrently (2015) full-time or regular (three weeks) for regular benefits with FMLA, Minnesota part-time city or seasonal full-time Pregnancy and employees who are employees Parenting Leave and eligible to accrue sick paid holiday leave; leave and have no 60 hours for regular part- vacation and sick leave disciplinary action in time employees who work continue to accrue while the previous two years 20 hours per week employee is out on paid for tardiness, parental leave absenteeism or the 163.8 hours for sworn fire misuse of sick leave; personnel working a 24- parents, domestic hour shift partners and spouses

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Prorated leave for eligible employees not described above Richfield, Minn. Birth, adoption Regular benefit- All purposes: Ten 100 percent of Holidays count as (2016) earning employees who consecutive working days regular base wage regularly scheduled have been employed by (80 hours; prorated hours work days and are the city and are benefit for part-time employees) included in the 10 days; earning for a minimum must run concurrently of one continuous year with FMLA leave, (12 months); adoptive Minnesota Parental or biological parents Leave and/or Short regardless of gender; Term Disability (STD); does not cover foster other leave continues to parents, surrogate accrue during paid mothers or sperm or parental leave egg donors St. Louis Park, Birth, adoption Regular benefit- All purposes: 21 calendar Full regular base For birthing parents, Minn. (2015) earning city employees days wage must run concurrently who worked at least 20 with short-term hours/week for one disability coverage and continuous year; FMLA; ER benefit parents (excludes contribution and leave sperm or egg donors accrual continues during and surrogate leave mothers) Saint Paul, Minn. Birth, adoption Certified, provisional Parent who gives birth: Full certified normal Must be taken (2015) and appointed city Four weeks rate of pay for full- concurrently with FMLA employees who are time employees; leave; can extend leave FMLA-eligible; parents Other purposes: Two part-time employees with vacation and sick (excludes sperm donors weeks paid according to time and surrogate average hours mothers) worked in past 12 months

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Missouri Kansas City, Mo. Birth, adoption Regular and appointed All purposes: Six weeks Full base pay Must run concurrently (2016) city employees who with family and medical have been employed by Parent who gives birth: leave under the city’s the city for at least 12 Additional two weeks if Family and Medical months and have medically necessary to Leave Policy; does not worked a minimum of recover from a C-section reduce eligibility for 1,250 hours in the 12 delivery and/or other other types of paid and months prior to the birth complication unpaid leaves (sick leave; parents leave, vacation, personal leave, holiday, short- term disability, etc.) Montana Helena, Mont. Birth, adoption, Regular full and part- All purposes: Four weeks Current hourly rate Will run concurrently (2017) foster care time employees who (160 hours) immediately of pay; part-time with FMLA leave; must have been employed following the birth, employee’s pay is exhaust paid parental for at least 12 adoption or foster prorated based on leave before using other consecutive months placement average weekly paid or unpaid leave; and who have hours that their sick and vacation leave successfully completed position is budgeted continue to accrue their probationary for during the during parental leave; if period; parents, current fiscal year a holiday occurs during including established paid parental leave, the domestic partners employee receives holiday pay, but a holiday does not extend the duration of leave Missoula, Mont. Pregnancy, Full- and part-time Parent who gives birth: Current hourly rate Will run concurrently (2016) childbirth employees who have Six continuous weeks of pay; part-time with FMLA leave; sick worked for the city for employees’ pay is and vacation leave at least 90 days; prorated based on continue to accrue individuals with average weekly during period of physical limitations hours worked pregnancy-related imposed by pregnancy during six weeks medical leave (PRML); if or childbirth before leave a holiday occurs during

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave paid parental leave, the employee receives holiday pay in lieu of PRML pay, but a holiday does not extend the duration of PRML Missoula County, Birth, adoption Regular or All purposes: Six Full salary Will count concurrently Mont. (2016) probationary status continuous weeks (based against family and county employees who on average hours worked medical leave for FMLA- have been employed in six weeks preceding eligible employees; for at least 180 leave for part-time employee must exhaust consecutive calendar employees) paid parental leave days; parents and before using other paid established domestic or unpaid leave; partners holidays that occur during leave will be paid as such and not counted as leave

New Hampshire Hopkinton, N.H. Birth, adoption Full- and part-time Parent who gives birth: Full base rate of pay Must run concurrently (2015) city employees who Six weeks for employee for full-time with FMLA; vacation, work at least 20 who gives birth via C- employees; part- personal time and sick hours/week, excluding section or vaginal birth time employees paid time benefits will call/per diem and according to regular continue during temporary employees; Other parents: Two weekly work parental leave parents, spouses and weeks schedule prior to partners leave New Jersey Hoboken, N.J. Birth, adoption City employees who All purposes: Six weeks, City will Information not (2018) have one year of full- increasing to 12 weeks on supplement weekly available time service at the July 1, 2020 wages provided to time of application for the employee leave, are approved for through New Jersey parental leave under Family Leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave the FMLA and/or New Insurance to bring Jersey Family Leave the employee to full Act, and for leave weekly wages under the Family Leave Insurance provision of the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law; parents Jersey City, N.J. Birth, adoption City employees who All purposes: Six weeks, City will Information not (2018) have one year of full- increasing to 12 weeks on supplement weekly available time service at the July 1, 2020 wages provided to time of application for the employee leave, are approved for through New Jersey parental leave under Family Leave the FMLA and/or New Insurance to bring Jersey Family Leave the employee to full Act, and are approved weekly wages for leave under the Family Leave Insurance provision of the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law; parents New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Birth, adoption, Benefits eligible All purposes: 12 weeks Full pay Must run concurrently (2018) foster placement employees who have within 6 months after the with FMLA leave worked for the city for birth, adoption or foster at least 12 months and placement have worked at least 1,250 hours in those 12 months; parents, including domestic partners; does not cover individuals who adopt a spouse’s or

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave domestic partner’s child New York New York City, City employees: City employees: City employees: 30 work City employees: Full City employees: Must N.Y. (2015; United Birth, adoption, Managerial and non- days (pro-rated for part- salary run concurrently with Federation of foster placement managerial city time employees) FMLA leave; employee Teachers (UFT) employees not UFT-represented need not use accrued agreement 2018) UFT-represented represented by a union UFT-represented employees: Full sick or annual leave and employees: (original jurisdiction employees: Six salary provided will continue to accrue Birth, adoption workers) in active continuous weeks, not to through the UFT such leave during the or foster status; parents extend beyond the end of Welfare Fund period of paid parental placement of a the school year for leave, but will only be child or children UFT-represented employees who work a credited with it upon under the age of employees: Eligible school year employee’s return from six employees represented paid parental leave by the United Federation of UFT-represented Teachers, including employees: Must run full time employees, concurrently with FMLA non-pedagogical and leave; employees have adult education multiple options for employees who work a coordinating paid regular schedule of 20 parental leave with hours per week or other accrued leave more, and hearing officers who worked more than 960 hours in the 12 calendar months prior, who have been employed for at least 12 months; parents, regardless of gender; does not cover surrogate mothers

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Syracuse, N.Y. Birth, adoption, Employees who are not All purposes: 12 weeks; Not specified Not specified (2018) foster placement covered by a collective can be used bargaining agreement; intermittently in one- other eligibility week increments or to requirements not create a part-time specified schedule North Carolina Cary, N.C. (2017) Birth, adoption, Regular employees All purposes: Six weeks Regular salary Not required to run foster or who have worked for concurrently with FMLA guardianship the city for at least 12 leave; other forms of placement months and are leave continue to accrue eligible for FMLA during the period of paid leave parental leave Chapel Hill, N.C. Birth, adoption Regular full or part- All purposes: Six Full regular salary Will run concurrently (2017) or foster time employees who continuous weeks; must with FMLA leave; other placement have been in pay be taken immediately forms of leave continue status for the prior 12 following the qualifying to accrue during the month period; parents event. If both parents are period of paid parental (incl. birth parent, employed by the town, leave spouse, qualifying each parent will receive domestic partner, six weeks of paid parental adoptive and foster leave and must use it at parents; excl. those the same time. adopting a stepchild or partner's child) Charlotte, N.C. Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks Information not Will run concurrently (2017) foster or completed a total of 12 provided with FMLA leave guardianship months of employment placement (does not have to be concurrent) and 1,250 compensable hours during the 12-month period preceding leave; parents (incl. birth,

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave adoptive, foster and legal guardian) Durham, N.C. Birth, adoption Non-probationary, full- All purposes: Twelve Full salary Will run concurrently (2017) or guardianship time and temporary consecutive weeks within with FMLA leave; placement with benefits 12 months of the vacation and sick leave employees who have qualifying event. If both continue to accrue completed one year of parents are employed by during the period of paid service and who the town and are FMLA- parental leave qualify under the eligible they will be Family and Medical eligible for a combined Leave Act (FMLA); total of 12 weeks of paid parents (incl. birth, parental leave adoptive or legal guardian; excl. adoption of a spouse’s or certified dependent’s children) Durham County, Birth, adoption, County employees who All purposes: 12 weeks Full pay Will not run N.C. (2016) foster or in loco accrue and use sick concurrently with FMLA parentis leave covered by the leave; other forms of placement Personnel Ordinance leave continue to accrue and those pursuant to during the period of paid a Memorandum of parental leave Understanding; biological, adoptive, step-, and foster parents, and those standing in loco parentis to a child Greensboro, N.C. Birth; adoption, Benefit-eligible full- All purposes: Six Full salary Will run concurrently (2016)† foster, in loco and part-time consecutive weeks with FMLA leave; parentis or employees who have employee may exhaust guardianship worked for the city for all available Planned placement, or at least 12 months; Leave Without Pay, Fair care of adult parents (including Labor Standards Act child incapable biological parents, compensatory time,

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave of self-care due legal custodians, holiday leave, other to physical or persons acting as a compensatory time, mental disability child’s guardian annual leave or sick regardless of legal leave after Paid status, aunts, uncles Parental Leave has been and grandparents); exhausted; annual leave and spouses of any of and sick leave continue the foregoing to accrue during the period of paid parental leave Hillsborough, N.C. Birth, adoption, Regular full-time or All purposes: Six Full salary Will run concurrently (2016) foster, part-time, benefit- continuous weeks within with FMLA leave; guardianship or eligible employees who 12 months of the vacation and sick leave in loco parentis qualify under the qualifying event. If both continue to accrue placement Family and Medical parents are employed by during the period of paid Leave Act (FMLA); the town and have one parental leave parents (incl. birth, qualifying event, each adoptive, foster, legal parent is eligible for the guardian and those six weeks of paid parental standing in loco leave, either parentis to a child) consecutively or intermittently. Mecklenburg Birth, adoption Full-time benefit- All purposes: Six 100 percent of Will run concurrently County, N.C. or foster care eligible employees who continuous weeks within employee’s salary with FMLA leave; other (2017)† placement or to are qualified under the 12 months of the forms of leave continue care for a spouse, Family and Medical qualifying event. If both to accrue during the son, daughter or Leave Act (FMLA) and parents are employed by period of paid parental parent who has a on approved FMLA the county, each parent is or family leave serious health leave for qualifying eligible for the six weeks condition leave purposes of paid leave.

Parental leave: Parents (incl. birth, adoption and foster)

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Family care leave: Employees providing care for a spouse, son, daughter or parent who has a serious health condition Morrisville, N.C. Birth, adoption, Regular, full-time All purposes: Six weeks. 100 percent of Will run concurrently (2017) foster or employees who have If both parents and/or regular, straight- with FMLA leave; guardianship worked for the town legal guardians work for time pay employees who are placement for at least 12 months the town, the combined enrolled in a voluntary and have worked at maximum amount of paid short-term disability least 1,250 hours over parental leave is six benefit associated with the previous 12 weeks. childbirth may use paid months; parents and parental leave during legal guardians the waiting period and short-term disability for the qualifying medical period for recovery after childbirth, and may request to use any remaining paid parental leave at the conclusion of short-term disability leave; paid parental leave may be taken in weekly increments Orange County, Birth, adoption, Full-time and part- All purposes: Six Information not Will run concurrently N.C. (2017) guardianship or time benefit-eligible consecutive weeks. If both provided with FMLA leave; foster care employees who qualify parents are employed by vacation and sick leave placement for family medical the county, each parent is continue to accrue leave under the Family eligible for the six weeks during the period of paid Medical Leave Act; of paid leave. parental leave parents (incl. birth, adoption, guardian and foster)

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Rolesville, N.C. Birth, adoption, Regular full-time or All purposes: Six weeks Normal rate of pay Will run concurrently (2017) foster, part-time employees within 12 months of the with FMLA leave; other guardianship or who have worked for date of the qualifying forms of leave continue in loco parentis the town for at least 12 event. If both parents are to accrue during the placement months and who employed by the town period of paid parental qualify for family and and have one qualifying leave medical leave; parents event, each parent is (incl. biological, eligible for six weeks of adoptive, foster, legal paid parental leave, guardian and those either consecutively or standing in loco intermittently. parentis to a child) Wake County, N.C. Birth, adoption, Employees who have All purposes: Six weeks Not specified Will run concurrently (2016) foster, in loco worked for the county with FMLA leave; parentis or for at least 12 months Medical complications or annual leave and sick guardianship and qualify for FMLA cesarean delivery: leave continue to accrue placement leave; parents, legal Additional two weeks during the period of paid guardians, individuals parental leave; who permanently employees who have assume and discharge elected Short Term parental Disability (STD) may responsibilities (in loco choose to use STD first parentis) before receiving paid parental leave

Employees who are not eligible for FMLA leave may be approved for a leave of absence to use other paid leave or leave without pay Ohio Beachwood, Ohio Birth, adoption, Employees who have Birth or adoption: Four Full salary Will run concurrently (2018) stillbirth, worked for the city for continuous weeks; with FMLA leave; other adopted child’s at least 12 months and beginning on the date of leave benefits continue death have worked at least the qualifying event. An to accrue during the

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave 1,250 hours the 12 employee may elect to period of paid parental months preceding the take intermittent leave, leave; employee must leave; biological in which case the leave exhaust paid parental parents, legal shall not extend beyond leave before using guardians of newly six calendar months from accrued leave time; adopted children, the qualifying event. holidays that occur individuals who lose a during leave will be paid pregnancy during the Third-trimester as such and not counted third trimester, or miscarriage, stillbirth or as leave whose newborn or new child’s death: Three adopted child dies weeks during the period of paid parental leave Cincinnati, Ohio Birth, adoption Permanent full-time All purposes: Six weeks 70 percent of Must run concurrently (2016) employees working at (two weeks during which regular rate of pay with FMLA leave; least three-quarter employee may use paid after unpaid 14-day during 14-day waiting time1; parents sick or vacation time, waiting period, pro- period, employee may followed by four weeks of rated for fewer than use accumulated paid paid parental leave) 40 hours/week sick time, and if insufficient, accumulated vacation time and/or up to 80 hours (pro-rated for part-time employees) of future paid sick time; employee may receive full pay during parental leave period by supplementing accumulated sick or vacation time Columbus, Ohio Birth, adoption, Employees who have Parental leave: Up to a 70 percent of Will run concurrently (2017)† care for a family worked for the city for total of six weeks, current salary; with FMLA leave; paid

1 The ordinance states that permanent part-time employees are also covered, but the city’s personnel policy only mentions coverage for employees working at least three- quarter time.

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave member with a at least 12 months, including an initial two employee may use parental leave is in serious health who have worked for at weeks of leave for which accrued leave to addition to, but runs condition least 1,250 hours over employee may use supplement income concurrent with, any the 12 months accrued leave time or up to 100 percent of short-term disability preceding the leave, take unpaid, followed by current salary benefit associated with and who have four weeks of paid childbirth; during leave, requested and received parental leave employee may not FMLA leave. accrue additional leave Caregiver leave: Up to a or receive pay or credit Parental leave: Parents total of four weeks, for unworked holidays (incl. biological parent, including an initial two adoptive parent, weeks of leave for which spouse or domestic employee may use partner of biological or accrued leave time or adoptive parent, or take unpaid, followed by legal guardian; must two weeks of paid reside in the same caregiver leave household as the child); must not have taken paid parental leave in the preceding 12 months

Caregiver leave: Employees providing care for a parent, spouse, son or daughter with a serious health condition; must not have taken paid caregiver leave in the preceding 12 months Dayton, Ohio Birth, adoption Permanent full-time or All purposes: Six weeks 70 percent of Unpaid or partially paid (2015) part-time employees (two weeks during which regular rate of pay parental leave who work at least 35 employee may use paid counts toward FMLA

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave hours per week; sick, personal or vacation after unpaid 14-day entitlement if employee biological parents of time, followed by four waiting period is not working; EE can newborn or legal weeks of paid parental receive full pay during guardians of newly leave) 14-day waiting period adopted child residing and parental leave by in same household supplementing sick, personal or vacation leave or compensatory time balance; since parental leave is designated as FMLA leave, employees need not exhaust accrued paid leave prior to going on unpaid leave Lucas County, Ohio Birth, adoption An employee who has All purposes: Twelve 75 percent of Will run concurrently (2017) completed 180 days of weeks (480 hours) during straight-time, with FMLA leave, if the work for Lucas County; the first 12 weeks regular pay (based employee meets parents (including following birth or on full-time eligibility requirements birth and adoptive adoption. If both parents equivalency); of the FMLA; if a parents and same-sex work for the county, each employee may use holiday occurs during domestic partners of may receive up to 240 accrued paid time paid parental leave, the birth and adoptive hours of paid parental off to supplement employee receives parents) leave. the remaining 25 holiday pay in lieu of percent paid parental leave pay; paid parental leave may be taken on an intermittent or reduced schedule basis with supervisory approval Middletown, Ohio Birth, adoption, Full-time employees, All purposes: Six weeks For employees with Must run concurrently (2020) foster placement including employees on less than one year of with the first six weeks probation; parents service, 25 percent of FMLA leave; (incl. birth, adoption of hourly pay; for employees may use and foster) one to four years, 50 other forms of accrued percent; for five or leave to supplement

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave more years of paid parental leave up to experience, 75 their regular hours percent Newburgh Birth, adoption Full-time employees All purposes: Six months 100 percent of Will run concurrently Heights, Ohio who have been straight-time, with FMLA leave if (2016) employed by the regular pay employee is eligible; if village for at least one an official holiday occurs continuous year and during paid parental are not elected leave, the employee officials; biological or receives holiday pay in adoptive parents, lieu of a paid parental same-sex domestic leave day partners Oberlin, Ohio Birth, adoption, Full or part-time All purposes: Eight weeks 75 percent of Must run concurrently (2019) foster placement regular employees who in the three months regular, straight- with FMLA leave; for a have been employed by following a qualifying time weekly pay woman who gives birth, the city for at least 12 event; can be taken parental leave months (which do not intermittently or on a commences after any need to be consecutive) reduced schedule basis pregnancy-related short- and have worked at term disability leave; least 1,250 hours in employees are able to the preceding 12 supplement remaining months; parents (incl. 25 percent of parental birth, adoptive and leave pay with accrued foster parents, paid leave committed partners of birth mothers, and parents by surrogacy arrangements); does not cover individuals who adopt a spouse’s child Summit County, Birth, adoption, Employees who have Birth or adoption: Six 100 percent of Will run concurrently Ohio (2016) recovery from worked for the county consecutive weeks straight-time, with FMLA leave; if a stillbirth or late- for at least 12 months regular pay holiday occurs during term miscarriage and have worked at paid parental leave, the

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave least 1,250 hours Stillbirth or death during employee receives during the 12 months third trimester of holiday pay in lieu of a preceding the leave; pregnancy: Three weeks paid parental leave day, biological and adoptive but a holiday does not parents who reside in extend the duration of the same residence as paid parental leave; all the child other forms of paid leave continue to accrue during the period of paid parental leave Upper Arlington, Birth, adoption Full-time, non- All purposes: Four 70 percent of base Employees may work or Ohio (2018) bargaining unit continuous weeks (160 rate of pay utilize other forms of employees with at hours), following a 14-day accrued leave during 14- least one year of unpaid waiting period day waiting period and service and who have that begins on day of to supplement the paid worked for at least event leave benefit to 100 1,250 hours during the percent of base rate; 12 months preceding other forms of paid leave the leave; biological continue to accrue parents and legal during the period of paid guardians who reside parental leave; ineligible in the same household to receive holiday or as a newly adopted overtime pay while on child paid parental leave Oregon Multnomah Birth (including Regular, probationary All purposes: Six weeks Regular pay rate, Must run concurrently County, Ore. post-pregnancy and limited duration (240 hours) for full-time not including with FMLA, Oregon (2015) disability), county employees with employees (prorated for overtime Family Leave Act adoption, foster at least 180 days of part-time employees) (OFLA) and/or placement employment; parents contractual leaves; must (including biological, be used during the adoptive, foster and approved FMLA and/or step parents, legal OFLA parental leave; guardians, and must be used before individuals standing in other accrued leave (sick loco parentis), leave, vacation,

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave domestic partners and compensatory time, spouses saved holiday, etc.) or an unpaid leave of absence Portland, Ore. Birth, adoption, Regular, probationary, All purposes: Six weeks Full salary Must run concurrently (2016) foster placement limited duration and with FMLA and/or temporary city OFLA employees in budgeted Leaves or parental leave positions with 180 under a collective consecutive calendar bargaining agreement, days of employment; and must be used during Bureau Directors and the approved FMLA “at will” employees in and/or OFLA parental elected official offices; leave; must also be parents exhausted prior to use of sick leave, personal holidays, vacation leave, deferred holiday, management leave, compensatory time or unpaid leave during parental leave not covered under this policy Pennsylvania Allegheny County, Birth, adoption, Non-union, permanent All purposes: Six weeks Full base rate at 40 Does not need to be Pa. (2015) foster placement and full-time county hours/week taken concurrently with employees who have FMLA leave; can extend worked for at least 12 leave with vacation time months and at least 1,250 hours in the previous year; parents without regard to gender, marital status or sexual orientation

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Montgomery Birth, adoption, Full-time employees All purposes: Six weeks, Not specified Must be taken County, Pa. (2019) guardianship or not represented by a can be used concurrently with FMLA foster placement union or bargaining intermittently leave unit; parents regardless of gender (incl. birth, adoption, foster and legal guardians) Philadelphia, Pa. Birth, adoption, Non-civil service All purposes: Four weeks Full salary Must be taken (2014) foster placement employees and/or non- concurrently with FMLA of children under represented employees leave; can extend leave 18 with six months of with other accrued time; service; parents and birth mothers may also life partners use up to eight weeks of accrued sick time immediately following the birth of a child Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth, adoption, Non-union full-time All purposes: Six weeks Full base rate at 40 Must be taken (2015) foster placement city employees who hours/week concurrently with FMLA have worked for at leave; can extend leave least 12 months and with available benefitted 1,250 hours in the time previous year; parents Rhode Island Providence, R.I. Birth, adoption, Regular, full-time All purposes: Six weeks; Not specified Must be taken (2017) foster placement employees who have can be used concurrently with FMLA worked for the city for intermittently leave; employee must use at least 12 continuous all but two weeks of months, and who are accrued paid time off not covered by a prior to receiving paid collective bargaining parental leave; other agreement; parents forms of leave continue to accrue during the period of paid parental leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Birth, adoption Full-time employees All purposes: Thirty work Full salary Will run concurrently (2017)† placement, care (32 hours per week or days within 12 months of with FMLA leave if the for a spouse, son, more) who have the qualifying event. For employee is eligible for daughter or worked for the city for spouses who are both FMLA leave; other parent who has a six continuous months employed by the city, forms of leave continue serious health each spouse shall be to accrue during the condition Parental leave: Parents entitled to 30 days of paid period of paid parental (incl. birth and leave leave adoption) The Tennessee Family care leave: Maternity Leave Act Employees providing shall apply to paid care for a spouse, son, family leave. An daughter or parent employee may begin who has a serious childbirth or bonding health condition leave by using paid family leave for 30 days and may follow such leave by using regular FMLA leave for a combined total not exceeding 12 weeks pursuant to the FMLA; the employee may then use an additional four weeks of paid or unpaid leave, provided they are determined eligible to take leave under the Tennessee Maternity Leave Act

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Texas Austin, Texas Birth, adoption, FMLA-eligible city All purposes: 240 hours Full salary Must be taken (2013) foster placement employees in regularly (prorated based on concurrently with FMLA budgeted positions budgeted workweek) leave; must exhaust (excludes city safety vacation and sick time workers, temporary first employees and employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or meet and confer agreement); parents without regard to marital status or sexual orientation DeSoto, Texas Birth, adoption, Employees who have Non-firefighter 100 percent of base Concurrent use of paid (2019) foster placement been employed full employees: 120 pay rate parental leave and time for at least one contiguous, FMLA leave does not year and are FMLA- uninterrupted hours increase the amount of eligible; parents; does either available to the not cover surrogate Firefighters: 180 employee; paid parental mothers or sperm leave must be exhausted contiguous, donors before using other forms uninterrupted hours of paid or unpaid leave under the FMLA; use of parental leave does not reduce any accrued vacation or sick leave balances; holidays that occur during the period of paid parental leave do not increase paid parental leave time Lake Jackson, Birth, adoption, Employees who have Employees who are Regular pay Will run concurrently Texas (2016) foster placement worked for the city for pregnant with a child: Six with FMLA leave at least 12 months and have worked at least

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave 1,250 hours for the city consecutive weeks (240 in the 12 months hours) preceding the leave; parents without regard All other employees who to the marital status or qualify for parental sexual orientation of leave: Three consecutive the parenting weeks (120 hours) individual San Antonio, Texas Birth, adoption, Full-time civilian All purposes: Six 100 percent of Will run concurrently (2016) foster placement employees are eligible consecutive weeks compensation with FMLA leave; upon hire; does not annual and personal apply to uniformed leave continue to accrue; employees covered by a the employee receives collective bargaining holiday pay where agreement or trainees eligible attending the police or fire academies; birthing and non- birthing parents Utah Midvale, Utah Birth, adoption, FMLA-eligible city All purposes: Two Full salary Will run concurrently (2018) foster placement employees consecutive weeks (80 with FMLA leave and hours), starting on the Short Term Disability (if date of birth, adoption or applicable). foster placement Salt Lake City, Birth, adoption, All full-time employees All purposes: Six weeks 100 percent of Will run concurrently Utah (2017) foster placement regular salary with FMLA leave; Short Term Disability (STD) must be used (as applicable) concurrently with paid parental leave; other forms of leave continue to accrue during the period of paid parental leave

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave Salt Lake County, Birth, adoption, All employees who are Parental leave: Six Not specified Will run concurrently Utah (2017) recovery from approved for FMLA consecutive weeks with FMLA leave; pregnancy and leave due to birth or (prorated for employees employees who qualify childbirth adoption, including who work less than 40 for short-term disability time-limited hours per week) may receive those employees; parents payments while Recovery from receiving paid parental pregnancy and childbirth: leave Additional six consecutive weeks. Birth mothers are eligible for six weeks of recovery leave in the event of a stillbirth Virginia Fairfax County, Va. Birth, adoption, "Merit" employees All purposes: 80 hours for Full salary Must be taken (2012) foster placement (excludes part-time merit employees concurrently with FMLA employees who work (prorated for part-time leave; however, if FMLA less than 20 employees); 120 hours for leave has been hours/week and other full time 24-hour shift fire exhausted, paid parental limited-term protection employees leave can still be used employees), full time 24-hour shift fire protection employees; parents

Richmond, Va. Birth, adoption, Parental leave: Birthing parent: Eight Base salary Must be taken (2018) foster care Employees who have weeks (320 hours, or 448 concurrently with FMLA placement, care worked for the city for hours for firefighters who leave and available for parent with at least 12 months and work 112 hours biweekly) duration of paid serious health have worked a within the 12 weeks parental leave will be condition minimum of 1,250 following the birth; based on employee’s hours during the 12 cannot be taken FMLA eligibility months preceding the intermittently balance; must exhaust leave; parents (incl. paid parental leave biological, adoptive,

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave and foster parents); Non-birthing parent before using other individuals providing (incl. adoption or foster accrued paid leave; care for a parent with placement: Eight weeks, a serious health may be taken condition (incl. intermittently biological, adoptive, foster and step Family care leave: Four parents, legal weeks, may be taken guardians and intermittently individuals standing in

loco parentis to the For eligible part-time employee) employees, leave duration for all leave types is prorated based upon average hours worked per week. If two married city employees are both eligible for paid parental leave under FMLA, they are eligible for a combined total of eight workweeks of paid parental leave or four workweeks of paid leave to care for a sick parent. Virginia Beach, Va. Birth, adoption, Full-time or part-time Birthing parent: Three Base salary Will run concurrently (2018) care for parent city employees; consecutive weeks (120 with FMLA leave; with a serious parents (incl. birthing, hours) immediately maternity paid leave health condition non-birthing); does not following the birth, must be used cover surrogate cannot be used immediately after event mothers, sperm donors intermittently and cannot be used or foster placement; intermittently; paid individuals caring for a parental leave must be parents with a serious used within 12 weeks health condition (incl. following event and may biological parents and be taken intermittently;

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave individuals standing in Non-birthing parent employees can donate loco parentis to the (incl. adoption or foster sick leave to provide employee) placement): another employee with Two weeks (three weeks paid leave for a FMLA- (168 hours) for qualified serious firefighters who work a personal or family 56 hour workweek); must medical illness or injury be taken within 12 weeks following the birth or adoption; may be taken intermittently

Family care leave: One week Washington King County, Birth, adoption, County employees with All purposes: Up to 12 Full base pay Must run concurrently Wash. (2016) foster-to-adopt at least six months of weeks (pro-rated for part- with county, state and placement continuous service that time employees), may be federal FMLA; employee are either non- used on a part-time or must reserve one week represented or intermittent basis. The of accrued vacation and represented by a union city will supplement the one week of accrued sick that has signed a paid employee’s accrued paid leave, and may use any parental leave vacation and sick leave unreserved accrued paid memorandum of balances so that total leave in combination agreement; parents available paid parental, with paid leave under vacation and sick leave is this policy to reach 12 12 weeks. One week of weeks, but is not so paid vacation and one required week of sick leave are set aside. Seattle, Wash. Birth, adoption, Full- or part-time city Parental leave (birth, Full straight-time Parental leave: Can be (2015, expanded foster placement, employees who have adoption or foster rate of pay used in addition to 2017)† care for a family worked at least six placement): Twelve available unpaid city member with a months and temporary weeks, including eight family medical leave workers who: have weeks of paid parental (may run concurrently

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave serious health been in interim and leave (prorated for part- for library employees, condition short-term time employees), after however) assignments for 1,040 which the city will hours, are in term- supplement the Family care leave: Runs limited assignments, employee’s accrued paid concurrently with or have been converted vacation and sick leave employee’s family to a regular position; balances so that total medical leave available paid parental, entitlement Parental leave: Parents vacation and sick leave is (incl. biological, 12 weeks. One week of adoptive, foster and paid vacation and two step parents, legal weeks of sick leave are guardians and set aside. individuals standing in loco parentis) Family care leave: Four weeks. Employee must Family care leave: reduce paid sick leave to Employees providing two weeks and paid care for a parent, vacation leave to one spouse/domestic week prior to taking paid partner, son or family care leave. daughter Shoreline, Wash. Birth, adoption, Regular employees All purposes: Up to a Full salary; regular Will run concurrently (2017)† foster placement, who have worked for total of 12 weeks of part-time employees with FMLA leave, state care for a family the city continuously supplemental paid leave, will receive the family and medical leave member with a for at least 12 months when combined with benefit on a pro-rate and city family and serious health and for 1,250 hours employee’s accrued leave basis relative to medical leave; vacation condition, over the previous 12 (vacation, sick leave, their normal work and sick leave continue military months, and who lack personal holiday, week to accrue during period exigency (as enough accrued leave compensatory time and of supplemental paid defined by the to pay for a leave of management leave) while family leave; FMLA), absence of up to 12 maintaining two weeks of supplemental paid leave employee’s own weeks while accrued leave. is limited to a maximum serious health maintaining a balance of 12 weeks per year; condition, of two weeks Parental leave: If both supplemental paid leave qualifying event parents work for the city, may be taken on an

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave under the Parental leave: Parents the total supplemental intermittent or part- Victims of (incl. biological, paid leave available to time basis if certain Domestic adoptive and foster them is 12 weeks and the conditions are met Violence policy parents) city may grant leave to only one parent at a time. Family care leave: Employees providing care for a parent, spouse/domestic partner, son or daughter Wisconsin Clintonville, Wis. Birth, adoption Full-time employees Parent who gives birth: 100 percent of pay Must run concurrently (2019) who have been 240 hours in the first 12 with FMLA employed for 12 weeks after birth consecutive months; parents; does not cover Other parents: 80 hours sperm donors, in the first 12 weeks after surrogate mothers or birth, adoption or stillbirths. placement. For adoptive parents, leave may be split between post- adoption and post- placement. Dane County, Wis. Birth, adoption County employees who All purposes: 240 hours Full regular pay Must run concurrently (2016) are entitled to accrue (prorated for part-time with FMLA leave if an leave balances and employees), may be used employee is eligible for have a qualifying intermittently. If both FMLA; non-salary fringe event, not including parents are county benefits continue to limited term employees, each employee accrue while an employees; parents receives a paid parental employee is on paid leave benefit parental leave; if a county holiday occurs while the employee is on paid parental leave, the

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Location (appx. Purpose Covered Workers Max. Leave Duration Benefit Amount Interaction with Other effective date) Forms of Leave employee will receive holiday pay and the holiday does not count against approved paid parental leave Sun Prairie, Wis. Birth, adoption, City employees who All purposes: 240 hours Full salary Must run concurrently (2018) foster placement are entitled to accrue (pro-rated for part-time with FMLA leave; (once a year) leave balances and employees), may be used vacation and sick leave have a qualifying intermittently continue to accrue while event, not including an employee is on paid limited term and parental leave; if a city seasonal employees; holiday occurs while the parents (incl. employee is on paid biological, adoptive parental leave, the and foster); does not employee will receive cover individuals holiday pay and the servings as surrogates holiday does not count or sperm donors against approved paid parental leave

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