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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Labor Leave Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires an employer to maintain an employee's health care coverage during any period the employee takes family and medical leave when the employer engages in a lockout during the period of leave. (In this bill, &quot;lockout&quot; means a labor dispute involving a work stoppage, in which an employer withholds work from its employees in order to gain a concession from the employees.)</p>]]></text>
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