Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 31 - Labor
51qq - The Family and Medical Leave Act
Section 31-51qq-40 - Do federal laws providing family and medical leave still apply?
Current through December 12, 2024
(a) Nothing in FMLA supersedes any provision of federal or local law that provides greater family or medical leave rights than those provided by FMLA. Employees are not required to designate whether the leave they are taking is State FMLA leave or federal FMLA leave, and an employer shall comply with the applicable provisions of both. An employer covered by one law and not the other has to comply only with the law under which it is covered. Similarly, an employee eligible under only one law shall receive benefits in accordance with that law. If the employee is eligible for leave under State FMLA leave and the leave qualifies for both State and federal FMLA, the leave used counts against the employee's entitlement under both laws. Examples of the interaction between State and federal FMLA laws include: