Today, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) announces the release of “Safe Leave Documentation and Confidentiality Rules.” This new resource is the second product of the safe leave working group, of which CLASP is a proud member. The document is a resource for policymakers, advocates, and stakeholders that provides recommendations for when and how workers can be required to provide documentation for safe leave claims, along with recommendations for confidentiality practices regarding safe leave use. This product builds upon the working group’s previously released product, “The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language,” which provided model legislative language regarding paid safe leave.

The safe leave working group is made up of state, national, and tribal experts and advocates from across policy spaces, based on the principle that paid, protected leave from work is an essential tool for the safety, agency, and economic security of survivors of all types of violence, including family violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, harassment, and stalking. The Center for American Progress and Futures Without Violence co-chair the working group.

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