Effective January 1, 2022, Connecticut employees can begin accessing their paid leave benefits under the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Act, one of the most expansive PFML programs in the U.S. Additionally, amendments to the 1990 Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (CT FMLA) also took effect on January 1, 2022.

• Connecticut’s longstanding FMLA law previously required employers with 75 or more employees to provide employees with up to 16 weeks of unpaid, job-protected family and medical leave to em