3.0.0 2790 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z 2023-01-11T13:17:05Z Senate S S 2009-11-17 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-17T23:29:57Z Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act 111 4092 HR 2010-01-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Identical bill CRS 2009-11-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-11-17 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-11-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-11-17 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-11-17 True Labor and Employment Child health Civil actions and liability Congressional officers and employees Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor and Employment 00 2009-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2010-02-26T20:01:53Z Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act - Requires certain covered employers to provide annually to each of their covered: (1) full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick time, and specified employment benefits; and (2) part-time employees the same employment benefits and a number of days or hours of paid sick time, determined under a specified pro rata formula.

Allows the covered employee to use such sick time for an absence: (1) resulting from a medical condition involving symptoms of a contagious illness (including influenza-like illnesses such as the 2009 H1N1 virus), the need to obtain medical diagnosis or care, or to obtain preventive care for such illness; (2) due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the employee's presence on the job, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others; (3) to care for a child experiencing such symptoms; or (4) to care for a child due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the child's presence in the community, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others.

Permits use of sick leave if the covered employee's place of business is closed due to a contagious illness or his or her need to care for a child whose school or child care or early childhood program has been closed for such reason.

Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations.

]]> Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act Display Title Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs, and the health needs of their families, related to a contagious illness. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act Introduced in Senate 2009-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2790is/xml/BILLS-111s2790is.xml 2009-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.