Compare › Paid leave
Statutory leave programs an employer must provide or honour: paid sick leave, family and medical leave (paid or unpaid, e.g. FMLA), annual vacation and general paid time off, with accrual, annual limits and eligibility.
Each row is that jurisdiction's answer as its rule page gives it, with the level it comes from. Open a row for every level that applies, the sources and the change history.
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| Canada | Annual vacation with pay (paid). Personal leave (Leave — five days) (paid). Medical leave of absence (unpaid). Medical leave of absence with pay (paid). |
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| Alberta | Long-term illness and injury leave (unpaid). Personal and family responsibility leave (unpaid). Vacations and vacation pay (paid). |
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| British Columbia | Illness or Injury Leave (paid). Serious Personal Illness or Injury Leave (unpaid). Maternity Leave (unpaid). Parental Leave (unpaid). Family Responsibility Leave (unpaid). Compassionate Care Leave (unpaid). Critical Illness or Injury Leave (unpaid). Annual Vacation (paid). COVID-19-Related Leave (unpaid). Leave for COVID-19 Vaccination (paid). |
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| Manitoba | Annual Vacation (paid). General Holidays (paid). Family Leave (unpaid). Maternity Leave (unpaid). Attachment Leave for Adoption and Surrogacy (unpaid). Parental Leave (unpaid). Compassionate Care Leave (unpaid). Leave Related to Critical Illness (critically ill child) (unpaid). Leave Related to Critical Illness (critically ill adult) (unpaid). Long-Term Leave for Serious Injury or Illness (unpaid). Unpaid Leave for Organ Donation (unpaid). Public Health Emergency Leave — COVID-19 (unpaid). COVID-19 Vaccination Leave (paid). |
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| Jurisdiction | Rule | Notes |
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| United States | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Alabama | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Alaska | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Alaska (state): Paid Sick Leave (paid). Paid Sick Leave (paid). |
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| Arizona | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Arizona (state): Earned paid sick time (paid). Earned paid sick time (paid). |
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| New Brunswick | Annual vacation (paid). Sick Leave (unpaid). Family Responsibility Leave (unpaid). Compassionate Care Leave (unpaid). Critically ill child leave (unpaid). Critically ill adult leave (unpaid). Long-term illness and injury leave (unpaid). Maternity leave (unpaid). Child care leave (unpaid). |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador | Annual vacation with pay (Part I Vacations with Pay) (paid). Sick and family responsibility leave (unpaid). Pregnancy leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Leave Related to Long-Term Illness, Long-Term Injury and Organ Donation (unpaid). Communicable disease emergency leave (unpaid). |
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| Northwest Territories | No published answer yet (Northwest Territories: not yet reviewed). |
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| Nova Scotia | Sick Leave (unpaid). Family Responsibility Leave (unpaid). Compassionate Care Leave (unpaid). Critically Ill Child Care Leave (unpaid). Critically Ill Adult Care Leave (unpaid). Serious Illness or Injury Leave (unpaid). Pregnancy Leave (unpaid). Parental Leave (unpaid). Leave for End of Pregnancy (unpaid). Vacation Time and Vacation Pay (paid). |
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| Nunavut | No published answer yet (Nunavut: not yet reviewed). |
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| Ontario | No published answer yet (Ontario: not yet reviewed). |
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| Prince Edward Island | Unpaid sick leave (unpaid). Paid sick leave (paid). Medical leave (unpaid). Pregnancy leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Extended leave (unpaid). Family leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Leave related to a critically ill child (unpaid). Annual paid vacation (paid). |
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| Quebec | No published answer yet (Quebec: not yet reviewed). |
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| Saskatchewan | Annual vacation (paid). Protection of employees for illness or injury (unpaid). Maternity leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (unpaid). Organ donation leave (unpaid). |
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| Yukon | No published answer yet (Yukon: not yet reviewed). |
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| Arkansas | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| California | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). California (state): California Family Rights Act (unpaid). Paid Family Leave (paid). California Paid Sick Leave (paid). |
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| Colorado | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Colorado (state): Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) paid sick leave (paid). Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) (paid). |
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| Connecticut | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Connecticut (state): Paid Sick Leave (paid). CT Paid Leave (paid). Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Delaware | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Delaware (state): Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (Delaware Paid Leave) (paid). |
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| District of Columbia | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). District of Columbia (state): Accrued Sick and Safe Leave (paid). Accrued Sick and Safe Leave (paid). Accrued Sick and Safe Leave (paid). Accrued Sick and Safe Leave (tipped restaurant and bar employees) (paid). DC Paid Family Leave - Medical Leave (paid). DC Paid Family Leave - Family Leave (paid). DC Paid Family Leave - Parental Leave (paid). DC Paid Family Leave - Prenatal Leave (paid). |
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| Florida | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Georgia | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Georgia (state): Georgia sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Hawaii | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Hawaii (state): Temporary Disability Insurance (paid). Hawaii Family Leave Law (unpaid). |
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| Idaho | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Idaho (state): Idaho sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Illinois | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Illinois (state): Paid Leave for All Workers Act (paid). |
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| Indiana | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Iowa | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Iowa (state): Iowa sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Kansas | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Kentucky | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Kentucky (state): Leave of absence for employee to receive adoptive child (unpaid). |
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| Louisiana | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Louisiana (state): Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Related Medical Conditions leave (La. R.S. 23:341-342) (unpaid). |
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| Maine | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Maine (state): Earned paid leave (paid). Family medical leave (unpaid). Paid family and medical leave benefits program (paid). |
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| Maryland | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Maryland (state): Healthy Working Families Act (paid). |
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| Massachusetts | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Massachusetts (state): Earned paid sick time (paid). Earned unpaid sick time (unpaid). Paid Family and Medical Leave (paid). |
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| Michigan | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Minnesota | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Minnesota (state): Earned sick and safe time (paid). Minnesota Paid Leave (paid). |
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| Mississippi | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Missouri | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Montana | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Montana (state): Montana sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Nebraska | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Nebraska (state): Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid). Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (paid). |
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| Nevada | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Nevada (state): Paid leave (NRS 608.0197) (paid). |
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| New Hampshire | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). New Hampshire (state): Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan (paid). |
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| New Jersey | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). New Jersey (state): Earned Sick Leave (paid). Family Leave Insurance (paid). |
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| New Mexico | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). New Mexico (state): Healthy Workplaces Act (paid). |
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| New York | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). New York (state): New York Paid Sick Leave (paid). New York Paid Sick Leave (paid). New York Paid Sick Leave (paid). New York Paid Sick Leave (unpaid). New York State Paid Family Leave (paid). |
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| North Carolina | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). North Carolina (state): North Carolina sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| North Dakota | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Ohio | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Oklahoma | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Oregon | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Oregon (state): Oregon Sick Time (paid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (paid). Oregon Sick Time (unpaid sick time, ORS 653.601 to 653.661) (unpaid). Paid Leave Oregon (Family and Medical Leave Insurance, ORS chapter 657B) (paid). Domestic Workers' Protection Act paid personal leave (ORS 653.547) (paid). |
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| Pennsylvania | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Pennsylvania (state): Pennsylvania sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Rhode Island | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Rhode Island (state): Temporary Caregiver Insurance (paid). Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act paid sick and safe leave time (paid). |
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| South Carolina | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). South Carolina (state): South Carolina sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| South Dakota | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). South Dakota (state): South Dakota sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Tennessee | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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| Texas | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Texas (state): Texas sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Utah | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Utah (state): Utah sets no paid leave requirement. |
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| Vermont | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Vermont (state): Parental and Family Leave Act (unpaid). Earned sick time (paid). |
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| Virginia | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Virginia (state): Paid sick leave (home health workers) (paid). |
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| Washington | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Washington (state): Paid Sick Leave (paid). Paid Family and Medical Leave (paid). |
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| West Virginia | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). West Virginia (state): The Parental Leave Act (family leave) (unpaid). |
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| Wisconsin | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Wisconsin (state): Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act – family leave (unpaid). Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act – medical leave (unpaid). Bone marrow and organ donation leave (unpaid). |
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| Wyoming | United States (federal): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). |
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