(a) Any full-time employee, who has been employed by the State for at least 1 year, shall be entitled to 12 weeks of paid leave upon the birth of a child of the employee, or upon the adoption by the employee of a child who is 6 years of age or younger.
(b) Notwithstanding the exhaustion of any benefits provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et. seq.), in the event a mother who is a full-time employee has a pregnancy complication that warrants a prolonged or extended hospitalization of the mother or the infant in the antepartum or immediate postpartum period, including giving birth to monoamniotic twins, or multiples of 3 or more, the mother shall be entitled to unpaid leave for at least 6 weeks following the discharge of the newborn or newborns from the hospital or other medical facility.
(c) The entitlement to leave under subsection (a) of this section shall expire at the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date of such birth or adoption.
(d) Without regard to length of employment, a full-time or part-time employee of the State shall be entitled to use accumulated sick leave upon the birth of a child of the employee, or upon the adoption of a child who is 6 years of age or younger pursuant to the rules adopted by the Merit Employee Relations Board or State Personnel Office.
(e) The rights and benefits described in this section shall run concurrently with any rights and benefits available under the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. and short-term disability benefit pursuant to § 5253 of Title 29 for the birth of a child.
(f) No state agency, board, department or other employing officer or agency of this State may alter or terminate the benefits of or terminate the employment of any full-time employee as a result of taking parental leave pursuant to this section.
72 Del. Laws, c. 174, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 166, § 1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 285, § 3.
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