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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="2-309" title_number="2" title_name="State Employment Generally" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Employment Policies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all units in the Executive Branch of State government, including units with independent personnel systems.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A unit subject to this section may not limit, to less than 60 days, the aggregate number of days of accrued sick leave that two employees who are responsible for the care and nurturing of a child may use, without certification of illness or disability, to care for the child during the period immediately following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the birth of the employees’ child; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the placement of the child with the employees for adoption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In implementing the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, a unit subject to this section may not limit, to less than 24 weeks, the aggregate number of weeks of family and medical leave that two employees who are married to one another may use during a 12–month period for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the birth of the employees’ child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the placement of a child with the employees for adoption or foster care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the serious health condition of the employees’ child, if the child is a minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the care of the employees’ adult child, if the adult child is incapable of self–care.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
