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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Child. 2011 Fall;21(2):37–68. doi: 10.1353/foc.2011.0015

Table 1.

Additional State Leave Entitlements Beyond FMLA

State Expanded Rights to Unpaid Leave Temporary Disability Insurance Paid Leave
Smaller Firms Shorter Tenure Fewer Work Hours Longer Leaves
California X X
Connecticut X X
D.C. X X X
Hawaii X X X
Maine X X
Massachusetts X X X
Minnesota X X X
Montana X X X
New Jersey X X X
New York X
Oregon X X X X
Rhode Island X X
Tennessee X X
Vermont X
Washington X
Wisconsin X

Sources: Wen-Jui Han and Jane Waldfogel, “Parental Leave: The Impact of Recent Legislation on Parents’ Leave Taking,” Demography, 40, no. 1 (2003): 191-200; Sarah Fass, Paid Leave in the States: Critical Support for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families (New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, 2009).