Kentucky HB699 establishes a family medical leave policy for state employees.

Kentucky HB699 creates a family medical leave policy for state employees, allowing eligible employees to take up to six weeks of paid leave for the birth and care of a newborn child, placement of a child for adoption or foster care, or a serious health condition. Eligible employees must have completed 30 days of service. Leave can be taken as a continuous six-week block or intermittently in one-week blocks. Both parents can use leave concurrently or consecutively. Leave must be used before other accrued leave and cannot be paid out upon separation from state service.

Kentucky HB699 establishes a family medical leave policy for state employees.

Kentucky HB699 creates a family medical leave policy for state employees, allowing eligible employees to take up to six weeks of paid leave for the birth and care of a newborn child, placement of a child for adoption or foster care, or a serious health condition. Eligible employees must have completed 30 days of service. Leave can be taken as a continuous six-week block or intermittently in one-week blocks. Both parents can use leave concurrently or consecutively. Leave must be used before other accrued leave and cannot be paid out upon separation from state service.