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Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave (CT Paid Leave)

Connecticut Paid Leave provides income replacement benefits for eligible workers who need time away from work to care for a family member with a serious health condition, bond with a new child, serve as an organ or bone marrow donor, address qualifying military family needs, take safe leave, or manage their own serious health condition. The program is funded through employee payroll deductions; job protection comes from separate laws such as CT FMLA, federal FMLA, or Connecticut family violence leave.

Up to 12 weeks of income replacement benefits are available in a 12-month period for most leave reasons, with an additional 2 weeks potentially available for pregnancy-related incapacity and up to 12 days for safe leave. Benefit calculation: 95% of average weekly wage up to 40x CT minimum wage ($677.60 as of January 1, 2026), plus 60% of wages above that threshold, capped at 60x CT minimum wage ($1,016.40 per week as of January 1, 2026). Workers must have earned at least $2,325 from one or more covered Connecticut employers in the highest-earning quarter of the base period and be currently employed in Connecticut, or recently employed in Connecticut within the program window. CT Paid Leave itself does not provide job-protected time away from work; workers should separately request job-protected leave under CT FMLA, federal FMLA, or Connecticut family violence leave when applicable. Funded through employee payroll deductions of 0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage base.

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Up to 12 weeks of income replacement benefits are available in a 12-month period for most leave reasons, with an additional 2 weeks potentially available for pregnancy-related incapacity and up to 12 days for safe leave. Benefit calculation: 95% of average weekly wage up to 40x CT minimum wage ($677.60 as of January 1, 2026), plus 60% of wages above that threshold, capped at 60x CT minimum wage ($1,016.40 per week as of January 1, 2026). Workers must have earned at least $2,325 from one or more covered Connecticut employers in the highest-earning quarter of the base period and be currently employed in Connecticut, or recently employed in Connecticut within the program window. CT Paid Leave itself does not provide job-protected time away from work; workers should separately request job-protected leave under CT FMLA, federal FMLA, or Connecticut family violence leave when applicable. Funded through employee payroll deductions of 0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage base.

How to apply

Use the official program page for application details: official program page.

  • fmla (companion): CT Paid Leave can run concurrently with FMLA leave