SB31 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Jones Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Adoption, family leave, to require certain employers to provide certain amounts of family leave to employees who adopt children, and to require employers who provide maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents, Secs. 16-25-11.12, 36-26-35.2, 36-26-36.2 am'd.

Description

Existing law does not require employers to provide family leave for adoptive parents during or after the time of adoption.

This bill would, concurrently with federal law, require certain employers to offer 12 weeks of family leave to eligible employees for the birth and care of a child during the first year after the birth of the child and for an adopted child within one year of placement.

This bill would require employers who provide certain additional maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents.

This bill would allow state employees and members of the Teachers' Retirement System to purchase service credit for a period of time up to one year for time spent on family leave.

This bill would also revise existing law applying to the donation of accrued and unused annual, sick, or compensatory leave to an employee qualifying for maternity leave to extend that option to an employee adopting a child.

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Subjects

Adoption