AL SB305

Establishes the Alabama Family Leave Act providing up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible state employees and local board of education employees following birth of a child or placement of a child age 3 or younger for adoption.

Eligible employees must be full-time and employed for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the qualifying event.

Paid parental leave is paid at 100 percent of the employee's base pay, does not require use of other leave types, and runs concurrently with leave under Section 25-1-61 and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Employers must continue paying the employee's health care benefits during parental leave at the same level as if the employee continued working; employees must continue paying their share of health care costs.

State Personnel Department must adopt implementing rules and submit annual reports to the Legislature starting October 1, 2025, regarding parental leave usage by eligible employees.