{"id":2132,"date":"2025-05-28T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:01:11","slug":"maryland-clarifies-parental-leave-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/05\/28\/maryland-clarifies-parental-leave-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Clarifies Parental Leave Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maryland\u2019s Parental Leave Act\u202frequires employers with\u202f15 to 49 employees\u202fin Maryland to provide eligible employees with\u202fup to six weeks of unpaid parental leave\u202ffor the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child. \u00a0But the state\u00a0has recently changed\u00a0the definition of \u201cemployer\u201d under Maryland\u2019s Parental Leave Act to exclude those already covered by FMLA, even if they have between 15 and 49 employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Effective\u202fOctober 1, 2025, Maryland employers covered by the federal FMLA will no longer be subject to the state\u2019s unpaid parental leave requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jackson Lewis:<\/em>
Maryland Clarifies Parental Leave Law: FMLA-Covered Employers Now Exempt<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maryland\u2019s Parental Leave Act\u202frequires employers with\u202f15 to 49 employees\u202fin Maryland to provide eligible employees with\u202fup to six weeks of unpaid parental leave\u202ffor the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child. \u00a0But the state\u00a0has recently changed\u00a0the definition of \u201cemployer\u201d under Maryland\u2019s Parental Leave Act to exclude those already covered by FMLA, even if they have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","header_top_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[114,175,174],"class_list":["post-2132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-fmla","tag-maryland","tag-parental-leave-law"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t