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Benefits

Reproductive Loss Leave

Provide eligible employees with up to five days unpaid leave for a reproductive related loss.

Senate Bill (SB) 848 (Chapter 724) provides up to five days of leave following a reproductive loss event for employees who have been employed by the state and any political or civil subdivision of the state, including cities and counties at least 30 days before the leave event occurs.

Reproductive Loss Leave (RLL) is separate from other leaves offered to employees for their serious illness or to care for a family member with a serious illness. RLL is generally unpaid, except that an employee may use vacation, Personal Holiday (PH), sick leave, Compensatory Time Off (CTO), and in some cases, bereavement leave to cover their period of absence.

If an employee experiences multiple reproductive loss events within a 12-month period, total amount of reproductive loss leave time will not be in excess of 20 days within a 12-month period (i.e., employee experiences four reproductive loss events with a maximum of five days reproductive loss leave totaling 20 days).

A reproductive loss event is defined as the day or, for a multiple-day event, the final day of a:
  • Failed adoption
  • Failed surrogacy
  • Miscarriage
  • Stillbirth
  • Unsuccessful assisted reproduction
The employee is required to complete the leave within three months of the reproductive loss event.

Some reproductive loss events, such as miscarriages and stillbirths, may also be covered by bereavement leave, the days an employee takes for reproductive loss leave can be nonconsecutive.
FAQs for Reproductive Loss Leave

For assistance with Reproductive Loss leave, please contact:

Jennifer Olsen
Confidential Leaves and Accommodations Coordinator
jennolsen@mail.fresnostate.edu
559.278.5345