Paid Parental Leave
Compiled text through Jan 31, 2026
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Department of Civil Service
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jan 31, 2026
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Latest notice
- CVS-23-23-00001-A · Adopted rule · Oct 11, 2023
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Employees shall be granted up to twelve weeks of paid leave without charge to accruals for each qualifying event, defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care. Paid parental leave begins on the date of birth, the day of adoption or foster care placement or anytime thereafter within seven months. An employee’s eligibility to use paid parental leave ends seven months from the date of the qualifying event.
(b)Paid parental leave is available for use once every twelve-month period.
(c)Employees using paid parental leave are deemed to be in leave without pay status for attendance and leave purposes.
(d)Paid parental leave must be taken in a single block of time and cannot be used intermittently. If an employee returns to work after using less than the full twelve week grant of paid parental leave, the employee can no longer use any paid parental leave for the same or another qualifying event within the same twelve month period, as computed from the date of the original qualifying event.