The Alabama Legislature

This act adds Chapter 6A to Title 36 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) provide eight weeks of paid parental leave for female state and education employees and two weeks of paid parental leave for male state and education employees in connection with the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage of a child; (2) provide eight weeks of paid parental leave for state and education employees in connection with the adoption of a child three years of age or younger, except that if both adoptive parents are eligible for leave, one may receive eight weeks and the other may receive two; (3) provide for return-to-work procedures, provisions, and agreements; (4) authorize parental leave to be used intermittently, subject to limitations; (5) require paid parental leave to run concurrently with FMLA leave; and (6) require the State Personnel Department, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System to adopt rules. This act also amends Section 36-26-35.2, Code of Alabama 1975, to remove a provision authorizing state employees to receive donated leave for maternity or adoption.