An Act To Support Family Caregivers in the Workforce
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §843, sub-§4, ¶D, as repealed and replaced by PL 2007, c. 519, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
D. A serious health condition of a child, grandchild, domestic partner, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or great-grandparent who is related to the employee by blood, adoption, legal custody, marriage or domestic partnership.
summary
Under current law, family medical leave may be taken by an employee to care for a child, domestic partner's child, parent, domestic partner, sibling or spouse with a serious health condition. This bill adds to this list "grandparent" and "great-grandparent" and further provides that family medical leave may be taken in connection with the serious health condition experienced by any of these listed individuals related to the employee by blood, adoption, legal custody, marriage or domestic partnership.