AB 1196

This bill permits employees covered by the state's family and medical leave law

to use family leave if the employee's natural child is miscarried or stillborn.

Under the current state family and medical leave law, an employer that

employs at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis must permit an employee who

has been employed by the employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who has

worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52 weeks to

take family leave to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent of the

employee who has a serious health condition and to take up to six weeks of family

leave following the birth or adoption of a child, if the leave begins within 16 weeks

of the birth or adoption. This bill permits a covered employee to take up to six weeks

of family leave if the employee's natural child is miscarried or stillborn, if the leave

begins within 16 weeks of the miscarriage or stillbirth.