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).
Parental and Family Leave Act (unpaid). Earned sick time (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Parental and Family Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
During any 12-month period, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave for a period not to exceed 12 weeks: (A) for parental leave; (B) for family leave; (C) for safe leave; or (D) for a qualifying exigency. During any 12-month period, an employee may use up to two weeks out of the 12 weeks of leave for bereavement leave, with not more than five workdays to be taken consecutively. At the employee's option, the employee may use accrued sick leave, vacation leave, any other accrued paid leave, or short-term disability insurance; this shall not extend the leave.
Annual max
12
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Earned sick time
Paid
yes
Condition
An employer may require a waiting period for newly hired employees of up to one year; during it the employee accrues but may not use earned sick time. An employer may limit the amount of earned sick time accrued to a maximum of 40 hours in a 12-month period. Compensated at the greater of the employee's normal hourly wage rate or the minimum wage rate.
Funded by
employer
Leave type
sick
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
52
Source:21 V.S.A. § 472. Leave (Parental and Family Leave Act), § 472(a)-(b) (supports programs[0].name, programs[0].paid, programs[0].leave_type, programs[0].annual_max, programs[0].annual_max_unit, programs[0].condition, programs[0].job_protected)
(a)(1) During any 12-month period, an employee shall be entitled to take unpaid leave for a period not to exceed 12 weeks: … (2) During any 12-month period, an employee may use up to two weeks out of the 12 weeks of leave available pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection for bereavement leave, with not more than five workdays to be taken consecutively. … (b) During the leave, at the employee’s option, the employee may use accrued sick leave, vacation leave, any other accrued paid leave, or short-term disability insurance. Utilization of accrued paid leave or short-term disability insurance shall not extend the leave provided pursuant to this section. … (f) Upon return from leave taken under this subchapter, an employee shall be offered the same or comparable job at the same level of compensation, employment benefits, seniority, or any other term or condition of the employment existing on the day leave began. … 2025, No. 32, § 3, eff. July 1, 2025.
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
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3in effect
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paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Vermont
Version
Effective
Published
Change
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2in effect
new
paid_leave in us-vt: version 2, effective 2025-07-01, published (new)
Parental and Family Leave Act (unpaid). Earned sick time (paid).
(a) An employee shall accrue not less than one hour of earned sick time for every 52 hours worked. (b) An employer may require a waiting period for newly hired employees of up to one year. During this waiting period, an employee shall accrue earned sick time pursuant to this subchapter but shall not be permitted to use the earned sick time until after completing the waiting period. … (1) limit the amount of earned sick time accrued pursuant to this section to a maximum of 40 hours in a 12-month period; … (d)(1) Earned sick time shall be compensated at a rate that is equal to the greater of either: (A) the normal hourly wage rate of the employee; or (B) the minimum wage rate for an employee pursuant to section 384 of this title.