States With Paid Family Medical Leave

On May 10, 2022, Governor John Carney signed the Healthy Delaware Families Act into law. The program will provide eligible Delaware workers job-protected paid leave benefits for up to 12 weeks for parental leave every year and up to a combined six weeks every two years for employees own medical needs, care of family members and military exigency. Except for parental leave benefits, an employee is only eligible for benefits once in a 24-month period. Contributions begin on January 1, 2025, with benefits effective January 1, 2026. Check in regularly to stay up to date as developments in this program occur.

Maryland General Assembly voted to enact Senate Bill 275, the Time to Care Act of 2022 (“Act”), creating a paid family and medical leave program for covered workers in the state of Maryland. Contributions would begin on October 1, 2023, and benefits would be effective January 1,2025, with employees eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for their own medical need, care of family members, bonding or placement of a child along with addressing needs related to military deployment. Check in regularly to stay up to date as developments in this program occur

New York has raised the maximum paid family leave from 10 weeks to 12 weeks per 52-week period.