TN SB2060

Beginning January 1, 2027, counties, municipalities, and metropolitan governments in Tennessee must adopt personnel policies allowing unpaid job-protected leave for qualifying medical emergencies including childbirth, stillbirth, caring for a family member with a serious health condition, or the employee's own serious health condition.

Employees must have worked at least 11 months and 3 weeks consecutively, meet federal FMLA hours-of-service requirements, and provide written notice as soon as practicable to qualify for this leave.

Leave applies only when employees lack available sick leave, annual leave, or other job-protected leave, or when their employer does not provide job-protected leave as a benefit.

Local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies must also adopt similar unpaid job-protected leave policies for licensed teachers, principals, supervisors, and other credentialed school employees.

Employees who become eligible for federal FMLA leave while on this state-mandated leave may transition to using their FMLA entitlement.