General Assembly Raised Bill No. 300
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1632
*01632_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 300
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 1632
*01632_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-51rr of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(a) Each political subdivision of the state shall grant any employee of such political subdivision who is (1) a party to a civil union, as defined in section 46b-38aa, 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 the same family and medical leave benefits under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Public Law 103-3, and 29 CFR 825.112, as are provided to an employee who is a party to a marriage, and (2) a paraprofessional and who has been employed for at least twelve months by such employer and for at least seven hundred hours of service with such employer during the previous twelve-month period the same family and medical leave benefits under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Public Law 103-3, and 29 CFR 825.112.
(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, or (2) a paraprofessional employed by a political subdivision of the state who has worked at least twelve months and seven hundred hours for 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 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, Public Law 103-3.
(d) The Labor Department shall enforce compliance with the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2010 31-51rr
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2010
31-51rr
Statement of Purpose:
To grant certain ineligible municipal paraprofessionals the right to family and medical leave.
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