Connecticut
For Connecticut, program name is CT Paid Leave; benefits start date is January 1, 2022; total contribution rate is 0.5 percent; employer share is employee-funded only; employee share is 0.5 percent, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Connecticut verified
- Program name
- CT Paid Leave
- Benefits start date
- January 1, 2022
- Total contribution rate
- 0.5 percent
- Employer share
- employee-funded only
- Employee share
- 0.5 percent
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,016.40
- Wage replacement formula
- 90 percent of employee's wage up to minimum wage x 40 plus 60 percent of employee's wage over minimum wage x 40
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency, safe leave for survivors of family violence our reading
- Program website
- https://ctpaidleave.org/s/?language=en_US
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Note that the maximum annual length of leave is 12 weeks plus an additional two weeks for a health condition resulting from pregnancy. Connecticut’s law includes both military exigency leave and “safe” leave for survivors of family violence.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/