SB31 Alabama 2022 Session

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

Relating to family leave and adoption; to amend Sections 16-25-11.12, 36-26-35.2, and 36-26-36.2, Code of Alabama 1975, to require certain employers to offer certain amounts of family leave to eligible employees for the birth and care of a child and for an adopted child; to require employers that provide certain amounts of additional maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents; to allow state employees and members of the Teachers' Retirement System to purchase service credit for time spent on family leave; and to authorize the donation of accrued and unused leave to an employee adopting a child under certain conditions.