AB388

Under existing law, an employee of the Executive Department of the State Government who has been employed for not less than 12 consecutive months is entitled to take 8 weeks of paid family leave over a 12-month period, under certain circumstances, to: (1) bond with a newborn child of the employee or a newborn child of the domestic partner of the employee; (2) bond with a newly adopted child of the employee; (3) recover from or undergo treatment for a serious illness; (4) care for a seriously ill member of the immediate family of the employee; or (5) participate in a qualifying event resulting from the military deployment to a foreign country of an immediate family member of the employee. (NRS 284.356) Section 4 of this bill: (1) provides such entitlements to officers of the Executive Department of the State Government; (2) decreases the time an employee must be employed to receive the entitlement from 12 consecutive months to 90 days; (3) increases the entitlement from 8 weeks to 12 weeks; (4) entitles an employee to take paid family leave to bond with a newly placed foster child of the employee, complete any necessary preparatory tasks before the anticipated adoption of a child or placement of a foster child in certain circumstances, to recover from certain serious health conditions, including pregnancy or the loss or end of a pregnancy and for certain purposes resulting from an act of domestic violence, stalking, aggravated stalking, harassment or sexual assault against the