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Connecticut Public Acts

Research Guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

  • Employment Law and the Family

    • Section 3: Family Medical Leave

Connecticut Department of Labor

  • New CT FMLA Leave - Paid Leave Guidance
CT Family and Medical Leave and CT Paid Leave are two separate programs that are guided by two distinct laws, however they could apply simultaneously to all or a part of an employee[s] family or medical leave situation. An employee can be eligible for both programs and must apply with each program separately.

  OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

  • CT Paid Sick Leave Law (as of 1/1/2025)- 2025-R-0016
  • State Paid Sick Leave Laws - 2024-R-077
  • Connecticut's Family and Medical Leave Ac t - 2022-R-0208
  • Exemptions in the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act - 2020-R-0129
  • Issue Brief: Connecticut's Paid Family and Medical Leave - 2020-R-0325
  • Family Medical Leave and Workers' Compensation - 2005-R-0925
  • Paid Family Leave or Mandated Disability Benefits - 2005-R-0587
  • Maternity Leave-Religious Institutions - 2003-R-0888
  • Teacher Eligibility for Paid Leave Under P.A. 03-213 - 2003-R-0907
  • Firing Employees for Excessive Sick Days - 2001-R-0945

Connecticut Network for Legal Aid :

  • Taking Time Off From Work: Family and Medical Leave

  • Questions & Answers about Pregnancy and Work

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund

  • Workplace Issues

Library Materials

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  • Connecticut Employment Law by Stephen B. Harris.
     

  • Connecticut Employment Law, by Caroline B. Peck.

 

  • Connecticut Labor & Employment Law (3rd ed.) by Jay S. Seigel, et al.

     

  • Labor and Employment in Connecticut: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations and Practice (2nd ed.) by Jeffrey L. Hirsch.

     

  • Tri-State Employer, Lexis Publishing
 		 

  • Public Act 24-102. An. An Act Concerning Clairifying the Appeals Process Under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Statutes.

  • Public Act 24-5. An Act Concerning Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Statutes

  • Pu blic Act 19-25 . An Act Concerning Paid Family and Medical Leave

    • Summary of Public Act 19-25

  • Public Act 19-117. An Act Concerning the State Budget

    • Secs. 232-235, amending Public Act 19-25

Connecticut General Statutes

Selected statutes:
 

Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation  

  • Sec. 31-51ll. Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer.

  • Sec. 31-51mm . Family and medical leave: Certification.

  • Sec. 31-51nn . Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection.

  • Sec. 31-51oo . Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents.

  • Sec. 31-51pp . Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies.

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Connecticut Regulations
  • 31-49p-1 to 31-49p-10 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal Procedures
  • 31-51qq-1 to 31-51qq-48 - The Family and Medical Leave Act
  • 31-51rr-1 to 31-51rr-57 - Family and Medical Leave for School Paraprofessionals

U.S. Department of Labor

Family Medical Leave Act

  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Fact Sheet #28: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
  • FMLA Final Rulings and Opinion Letters

Federal Laws

  • Text of Public Law 103-3 Family and Medical Leave Act
  • 29 CFR Part 825
     
     


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