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What is Safe Leave?
Safe leave is taken by a worker who is a victim of family violence or sexual assault to address specific issues arising from those circumstances:
- to seek medical care or psychological or other counseling for physical or psychological injury or disability for the victim
- to obtain services from a victim services organization on behalf of the victim
- to relocate due to such family violence or sexual assault
- to participate in any civil or criminal proceeding related to or resulting from such family violence or sexual assault
The Connecticut Family Violence Leave Act
The CT Family Violence Leave Act requires employers to provide up to 12 days of unpaid leave to employees for the specified safe leave reasons outlined above. A worker may also apply to CT Paid Leave for up to 12 days of income replacement benefits for these same reasons.
Family Violence
Family violence, or domestic violence, means a pattern of coercive behavior, including acts or threatened acts, that is used by a perpetrator to gain power and control over a current or former spouse, family member, current or former intimate partner, person with whom the perpetrator shares a child in common, or persons presently residing or have resided together.Family or domestic violence includes, but is not limited to:
- physical violence
- injury
- intimidation
- sexual violence or abuse
- emotional and/or psychological intimidation
- harassment
- stalking
- economic abuse and control
