Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§2653 Encouragement of More Generous Leave Policies
Title 29 › CHAPTER 28 — FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2653
Summary
Employers may offer or keep leave policies that are better than the law requires. The Act and its changes do not stop or discourage those more generous policies.
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Title 29, §2653
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Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining leave policies more generous than any policies that comply with the requirements under this Act or any amendment made by this Act.
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. § 2653
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102