2 rules apply together in Rhode Island. Each is listed with its own source; Juriset does not combine them.
Federal (United States): Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid). Effective from .
State (Rhode Island): 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). Effective from .
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
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.
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).
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).
Version 2 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Temporary Caregiver Insurance
Paid
yes
Condition
For bonding with a newborn child or a child newly placed for adoption or foster care, or caring for a child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, spouse, or domestic partner with a serious health condition. Beginning January 1, 2023, temporary caregiver benefits shall be limited to a maximum of six (6) weeks in a benefit year. Employee shall file a written intent with a minimum of thirty (30) days' notice prior to commencement of the family leave. No individual shall be paid temporary caregiver benefits and temporary disability benefits that together exceed thirty (30) times his or her weekly benefit rate in any benefit year. Employer shall maintain existing health benefits during the leave.
Funded by
public_insurance
Annual max
6
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months shall be entitled to thirteen (13) consecutive workweeks of parental leave or family leave in any two (2) calendar years. At least thirty (30) days' notice required unless prevented by medical emergency. Leave may consist of unpaid leave.
Leave type
family_medical
Eligibility service months
12
Name
Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act paid sick and safe leave time
Paid
yes
Condition
Up to a maximum of forty (40) hours per year after 2019; paid sick and safe leave time shall be carried over to the following calendar year, but use in each calendar year shall not exceed forty (40) hours per year. An employer may require a waiting period for newly hired employees of up to ninety (90) days; temporary employees may use leave beginning on the 180th calendar day and seasonal employees on the 150th calendar day following commencement of employment, unless otherwise permitted by the employer. Exempt employees assumed to work forty (40) hours per workweek for accrual. No payout required at separation.
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
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3in effect
new
paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Rhode Island
Version
Effective
Published
Change
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2in effect
new
paid_leave in us-ri: version 2, effective 2023-01-01, published (new)
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).
an employee shall be eligible for temporary caregiver benefits for any week in which he or she is unable to perform his or her regular and customary work because he or she is: … (3) Beginning January 1, 2023, temporary caregiver benefits shall be limited to a maximum of six (6) weeks in a benefit year. … (e) In addition, no individual shall be paid temporary caregiver benefits and temporary disability benefits that together exceed thirty (30) times his or her weekly benefit rate in any benefit year. … (f) Any employee who exercises his or her right to leave covered by temporary caregiver insurance under this chapter shall, upon the expiration of that leave, be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced
Supporting source:R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-48-2. Parental leave and family leave requirement, § 28-48-2 (supports programs[1].name, programs[1].paid, programs[1].leave_type, programs[1].annual_max, programs[1].service_tiers, programs[1].employer_size_min, programs[1].accrual_hours_earned, programs[1].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[1].vacation_pay_percent, programs[1].eligibility_service_months, programs[1].condition)
(a) Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for twelve (12) consecutive months shall be entitled, upon advance notice to his or her employer, to thirteen (13) consecutive workweeks of parental leave or family leave in any two (2) calendar years. … (b) Parental leave or family leave granted pursuant to this chapter may consist of unpaid leave.
Supporting source:R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-57-5. Accrual of paid sick and safe leave time, § 28-57-5 (supports programs[2].name, programs[2].paid, programs[2].leave_type, programs[2].annual_max, programs[2].annual_max_unit, programs[2].service_tiers, programs[2].employer_size_min, programs[2].accrual_hours_earned, programs[2].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[2].vacation_pay_percent, programs[2].eligibility_service_months, programs[2].condition, programs[2].funded_by)
(a) All employees employed by an employer of eighteen (18) or more employees in Rhode Island shall accrue a minimum of one hour of paid sick and safe leave time for every thirty five (35) hours worked up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours during calendar year 2018, thirty-two (32) hours during calendar year 2019, and up to a maximum of forty (40) hours per year thereafter … (d) An employer may require a waiting period for newly hired employees of up to ninety (90) days. … (e) Paid sick and safe leave time shall be carried over to the following calendar year; however, an employee’s use of paid sick and safe leave time provided under this chapter in each calendar year shall not exceed twenty-four (24) hours during calendar year 2018, and thirty-two (32) hours during calendar year 2019, and forty (40) hours per year thereafter.