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Podcast guest: Connecticut paid leave covers organ donors and allows nonrelative caregivers to take leave

Paid Leave Podcast · February 9, 2026
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Summary

In a Paid Leave Podcast interview, influencer Ellie Doyle and host Nancy Barrow discuss how Connecticut paid leave can provide up to 12 weeks of income replacement for organ donors and recipients and allows caregivers 'by affinity' (friends, neighbors) to take leave; exact wage-replacement details were unclear in the recording.

Ellie Doyle, a Connecticut-based content creator, told the Paid Leave Podcast that Connecticut’s paid leave program would have changed her family’s experience when she donated a kidney to her sister.

Host Nancy Barrow said the program provides income replacement of up to 12 weeks for organ donation for both donor and recipient when both live in Connecticut. Doyle described a six-month testing process…

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