3.0.0 840 2022-11-01T18:02:34Z 2022-11-05T19:32:05Z Senate S 2019-03-14 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-14T20:08:25Z Healthy Families Act 116 1784 HR 2019-03-14 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act 116 6150 HR 2020-03-09 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act 116 3415 S 2020-03-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-03-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-03-14 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-03-14 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-03-14 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-03-14 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-03-14 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-03-14 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-03-14 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-03-14 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-03-14 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-03-14 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-03-14 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-03-14 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-03-14 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-14 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-03-14 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-03-14 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-03-14 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-03-14 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-03-14 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-03-14 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-03-14 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-14 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-03-14 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-03-14 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-03-14 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-03-14 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-03-14 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-03-14 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-03-14 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-03-14 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-14 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-03-14 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-03-14 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Assault and harassment offenses Civil actions and liability Congressional agencies Congressional officers and employees Congressional oversight Department of Labor Domestic violence and child abuse Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government liability Government studies and investigations Library of Congress Marriage and family status Medical tests and diagnostic methods Merit Systems Protection Board Sex offenses Small business State and local government operations Labor and Employment 00 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-29T20:04:46Z Healthy Families Act

This bill provides for paid and unpaid sick leave for employees to meet their own medical needs and those of their families.

It requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide their employees with at least one hour of earned paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 56 hours of paid sick leave in a year. An employer with fewer than 15 employees may also provide the same amount of paid sick leave, but may opt out of such requirement, in which case such employer must provide its employees at least 56 hours of unpaid leave in a year. An employee may use sick leave for absences (1) resulting from a physical or mental illness, injury or medical condition; (2) resulting from obtaining professional medical diagnosis or care, or preventive medical care; (3) to care for a child, parent, spouse, a domestic partner, or other blood or close relative; and (4) resulting from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

The bill makes it unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of an employee's right to accrue sick leave as provided by this bill. An employee may take legal action to enforce the right to sick leave granted by this bill and the Department of Labor must investigate complaints of violations of the requirements of this bill.

Labor is authorized to conduct a public awareness campaign to educate and inform the public of the requirements for paid sick leave provided by this bill.

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