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<p class="MsoNormal">Arkansas does have paid maternity leave for up to 4 weeks (160 hours). Adoptions, including stepparent adoptions, qualify.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In Arkansas, because paid adoption leave is tied to maternity leave, it’s available for female employees only, not male employees—no paternity leave (at least yet).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Male employees still qualify for FMLA or any other benefit to which they are entitled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">MICHAEL BONDS, J.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Zeller, Ellen <Ellen.Zeller@state.sd.us> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 28, 2021 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCASG (dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov) <dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCASG] Paid Family Leave<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A quick question for any states who offer Paid Family Leave for employees who adopt a child. If your employee is a stepparent who is adopting a stepchild or stepchildren, would you allow paid family leave for that circumstance?
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have had a request to do so and our policy does not specifically make them ineligible, although one could say that was not the intent of paid family leave for adoption. Just hoping to get info on what other states who offer paid family
leave have done or would do. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks! And happy Monday!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen Zeller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Ellen Zeller</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> |</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Director HR Centers of Excellence</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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