Paid leave in Louisiana

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Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).

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• Source: Family and Medical Leave Act - U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

  The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year, Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months, Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.

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• Supporting source: 29 CFR Part 825 - The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, § 825.200(b)

  An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs: (1) The calendar year; (2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date; (3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or, (4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).

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• Supporting source: 29 U.S.C. 2612 - Leave requirement, §2612(a)(1)

  an eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period for one or more of the following:

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State: Louisiana

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Related Medical Conditions leave (La. R.S. 23:341-342) (unpaid).

Version 2 · effective from October 24, 2026 · verified on November 5, 2026

Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).

• Source: La. R.S. 23:341 Application, §341(A) (supports programs[0].employer_size_min, programs[0].condition)

  The provisions of this Part shall apply only to an employer who employs more than twenty-five employees within this state for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.

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• Supporting source: La. R.S. 23:342 Pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; benefits and leaves of absence, §342(A)(2)(b) (supports programs[0].name, programs[0].paid, programs[0].leave_type, programs[0].annual_max, programs[0].condition)

  To take a leave on account of pregnancy for a reasonable period of time. For the purposes of this Subparagraph, "reasonable period of time" means six weeks for a normal pregnancy and childbirth or the period of time during which the female employee is disabled on account of the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, provided the period shall not exceed four months. The employee shall be entitled to utilize any accrued annual leave during this period of time.