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CT Paid Leave Authority: Nonpublic school employees without certification now covered under new law
Summary
The CT Paid Leave Authority explained that Public Act 25-174 extends Connecticut Paid Leave and Connecticut FMLA coverage to employees of public school operators and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools whose positions do not require state certification, and described how the Authority will account for alternate pay calendars in eligibility and benefit calculations.
Amber Forrest, executive assistant for the CT Paid Leave Authority, said the Authority will apply Public Act 25-174 to extend CT Paid Leave and Connecticut FMLA protections to employees of public school operators and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools when the position held by the employee is not established as requiring certification.
The law creates a distinction based on whether the position itself requires certification under Chapter 166 of the Connecticut General Statutes, not on whether an individual employee happens to hold a…
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