KY HB556

Requires employers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid family care leave per 12-month period to employees with more than 12 months of service and at least 1,250 hours worked in the previous year

Leave may be taken for birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child, or to care for a family member with a serious health condition requiring inpatient care or continuing treatment

"Family member" broadly defined to include blood relatives, legal custody or marriage relationships, children for whom the employee assumes parental responsibility, committed romantic partners who share or recently shared a residence, and foster children

Employers must guarantee return to the same or comparable position after leave; employers may require health care provider certification for leave to care for a family member's serious health condition

Violations subject to civil penalties of $100 to $1,000, with protections against employer retaliation or interference with employee rights under the law