AZ HB2756

Requires employers with employees who have been employed for at least 12 months to provide up to 12 weeks of paid family leave for reasons covered under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

Employees may request family leave orally, in writing, or by electronic means, and employers cannot require employees to find replacement workers or take adverse action against employees for requesting or using family leave.

Employers must provide written notice to employees at hire or by July 1, 2022 about family leave entitlements, terms, anti-retaliation protections, and complaint procedures in English, Spanish, and other appropriate languages.

Establishes rebuttable presumption that employers violated the law if they take adverse action within 90 days after an employee files a complaint, reports a violation, cooperates with investigation, or opposes a prohibited practice.

Civil penalties of at least $250 for first violations and $1,000 for subsequent violations; allows employees to sue employers in court for unpaid family leave, actual economic damages, up to triple damages, attorney fees, and other relief.

Effective May 31, 2022; family leave supplements but does not replace earned paid sick time and does not limit more generous employer policies or public employee rights.