COVERED CONDITIONS - Employee’s own serious health condition - Serve as organ or bone marrow donor - To bond with a child within one year of the child’s birth or placement for foster care or adoption - Care for a family member with a serious health condition - Care for an ill/injured service member - Military exigency - Family violence (expanded definition on 10/1/2024) FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED AS Spouse, sibling, son or daughter, grandparent, grandchild parent, parent-in-law, or an individual related to the employee by blood or affinity whose close association to employee shows to be the equivalent of those family relationships. LEAVE DURATION Up to 12 weeks in a 12-month period. Additional 2 weeks for employees with pregnancy-related health needs Up to 12 days for family violence CONTRIBUTIONS Employee only MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT (JANUARY 1, 2026) $1016.40 (60 times $16.94 minimum wage rate) JOB/BENEFITS PROTECTION Job: None, may be protected under other federal or state law Benefits: None, may be protected under other federal or state leave PRIVATE PLANS Private plan exemptions allowed. Must be approved by a majority of CT employees. Fully insured must be issued by an approved insurer. Self funded employers must post a bond with the state. For More Information on private plans IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2022 CONNECTICUT PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE (PFML) CONNECTICUT