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B
y the time we’re halfway through 2025, several paid leave laws will have taken effect in US stat
es.While federal law doesn’t require employers to grant employees paid leave to deal with illnesses or family matters—such as bonding with a new baby—multiple states have passed their own laws to this effect i
n recent years.Alaska, Michigan, and Maine are among the latest states with paid sick or family leave law
s on the books.The state of paid sick leave. Starting July 1, Alaska employers with 15 or more employees must allow workers to accrue and use at least 56 hours of sick leave