Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110
§2652 Effect on Existing Employment Benefits
Title 29 › CHAPTER 28 — FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2652
Summary
Employers must still follow any union contract or job benefit plan that gives employees more family or medical leave than the law provides. The leave rights the law creates cannot be reduced by a union contract or benefit plan that offers less.
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Title 29, §2652
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(a)More protective
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to diminish the obligation of an employer to comply with any collective bargaining agreement or any employment benefit program or plan that provides greater family or medical leave rights to employees than the rights established under this Act or any amendment made by this Act.
(b)Less protective
The rights established for employees under this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall not be diminished by any collective bargaining agreement or any employment benefit program or plan.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–3, Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 6, known as the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which enacted this chapter, section 60m and 60n of Title 2, The Congress, and sections 6381 to 6387 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, amended section 2105 of Title 5, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 2601 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 2601 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 2652
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110