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To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill significantly expands the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by reducing the employment duration requirement from 12 months to 90 days for employees to qualify for protected leave. The bill also reduces the hours-of-work requirement and makes the law applicable to employers with as few as one employee, rather than the current 50-employee threshold, dramatically expanding the number of employers covered by the law. Additionally, the bill applies the same 90-day employment requirement to federal employees, congressional employees, and presidential employees. The changes take effect for leave taken on or after the date of enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
7 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Feb 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Feb 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 5, 2025
Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Job Protection Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR LEAVE.
(a) In General.—Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “employed—” and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting “employed for not less than 90 days by the employer with respect to whom leave is requested under section 102.”;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “does not include—” and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting “does not include any Federal officer or employee covered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code (as added by title II of this Act).”;
(3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).
(b) Federal Employees.—
(1) Title 5.—Subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in section 6381(1)(B), by striking “12 months” and inserting “90 days”; and
(B) in section 6382(d)(2)(E), by striking “12 months” and inserting “90 days”.
(2) Presidential employees.—Section 412(a)(2)(B) of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking “12 months and for at least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 months” and inserting “90 days”.
(3) Congressional employees.—Section 202(a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking “12 months and for at least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 months” and inserting “90 days”.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO LEAVE REQUIREMENTS.
Section 101(4)(A)(i) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(4)(A)(i)) is amended by striking “50 or more employees” and all that follows through the end of the clause and inserting “1 or more employees”.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to leave taken on or after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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