A resolution celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. [SR-139]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Recognizes and honors the 20th anniversary of enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Salutes all of the individuals who contributed to its enactment. Encourages all individuals in the United States to celebrate the advance of workplace protections and opportunities made possible by FMLA. Pledges to continue to work on a bipartisan basis to ensure that all such individuals are able to balance work and family responsibilities.
SR-139: A resolution celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3374-3375) on 05/13/2013
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [S.942]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Disabilities ]
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) fail to make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job
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S.942: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/14/2013
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act [S.857]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner (including a same-sex spouse) or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.
S.857: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/06/2013
Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 [S.853]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Safety ]
Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), notwithstanding the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), any other provision of law, or sequestration order, to transfer for FY2013 to any Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appropriations account (such as the one for air traffic control operations) a certain amount from funds otherwise made available for discretionary grants-in-aid under the airport improvement program or any other FAA program. Makes any transferred amount
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S.853: Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Senate Requests Return Of Papers With Respect To S. 853 By Unanimous Consent. on 04/30/2013
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act [S.846]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner (including a same-sex spouse) or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.
S.846: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3039-3040) on 04/25/2013
Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 [S.818]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), notwithstanding the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), any other provision of law, or sequestration order, to transfer for FY2013 to any Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appropriations account (such as the one for air traffic control operations) a certain amount from funds otherwise made available for discretionary grants-in-aid under the airport improvement program or any other FAA program. Makes any transferred amount
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S.818: Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/25/2013
JET Delays Act [S.817]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Aerospace ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Just End the Delays Act or the JET Delays Act - Makes available for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations for FY2013, notwithstanding any sequestration order, the funds that otherwise would have been available but for the sequestration order. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify general aviation aircraft as seven-year property for purposes of the depreciation tax deduction (currently, expenses for aircraft can be deducted or expensed in the current taxable year). Defines "general aviation aircraft" as any aircraft (except those
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S.817: JET Delays Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/25/2013
Dependable Air Service Act of 2013 [S.794]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Dependable Air Service Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that flight delays and cancellations do not result from furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees that are implemented as a result of any rescission, sequestration, or reduction of federal funding for FY2013. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to prevent such delays and cancellations, to: (1) use amounts available for FAA operations for FY2013; or (2) increase the amount available for FAA operations for FY2013 by an amount necessary to
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S.794: Dependable Air Service Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2962) on 04/24/2013
Essential Services Act of 2013 [S.724]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Essential Services Act of 2013 - Requires executive agency heads to exempt essential employees from furloughs required by sequestration. Defines "essential employee" as an employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. Allows agencies to transfer their budgetary resources to carry out this Act, but only to maintain essential employees.
S.724: Essential Services Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/15/2013
Healthy Families Act [S.631]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members (including
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S.631: Healthy Families Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2029-2030) on 03/20/2013
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 [S.3001]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014 - Entitles any federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more, during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of employment, to up to 104 hours of leave, without loss or reduction in pay, for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability for which sick leave could regularly be used. Requires the forfeiture of any such leave that is not used during such 12-month period. Requires such employee to submit to the head of the employing agency certification
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S.3001: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 12/11/2014
Schedules That Work Act [S.2642]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Schedules That Work Act - Grants an employee the right to request that his or her employer change the terms and conditions of employment relating to: the number of hours or times the employee is required to work or be on call; the location; the amount of notification he or she receives of work schedule assignments; and minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Requires the employer, if the request is made, to engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with
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S.2642: Schedules That Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4708-4709) on 07/22/2014
Strong Families Act [S.2627]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Strong Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave. Limits the allowable amount of such credit to $4,000 per employee for any taxable year.
S.2627: Strong Families Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/17/2014
Strong Families Act [S.2618]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Strong Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employers a business-related tax credit for up to 25% of the amount of wages paid to their employees during any period (not exceeding 12 weeks) in which such employees are on family and medical leave. Limits the allowable amount of such credit to $4,000 per employee for any taxable year.
S.2618: Strong Families Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/16/2014
Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2014 [S.2393]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2014 - Makes unenforceable any clause of an agreement between an employer and employee requiring arbitration of a dispute arising under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Provides an exception when both parties voluntarily agree to arbitration. Requires any issue as to whether such requirement applies to an arbitration clause to be determined by federal law and the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate to be determined by a court rather than an arbitrator.
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S.2393: Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/22/2014
Military Opportunities for Mothers Act [S.2358]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Veterans ]
Military Opportunities for Mothers Act or the MOM Act - Requires military personnel who give birth to a child to be given 42 days of convalescent leave for use in connection with that birth. Allows military personnel up to 42 additional days of leave in connection with the birth of such child upon the expiration of the convalescent leave, but: makes them ineligible for basic pay for any day on which such additional leave is used, although they are to be considered to be on active duty for all other purposes; and their commanding officer may recall
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S.2358: Military Opportunities for Mothers Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/20/2014
Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 [S.226]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Allows such an employee to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. Applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.
S.226: Parental Bereavement Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/04/2013
Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2014 [S.2243]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2014 - Expands eligibility for the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include members of the Armed Forces or veterans who are seriously injured or who became ill on active duty prior to September 11, 2001 (currently, limited to service after September 11, 2001). Expands services to caregivers of veterans under such program to include child care services, financial planning services, and legal services. Authorizes the transfer of entitlement to post 9/11
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S.2243: Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2382-2383) on 04/10/2014
Eliminating Improper and Abusive IRS Audits Act of 2014 [S.2215]
[Taxes ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Eliminating Improper and Abusive IRS Audits Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum amount of civil damages for which Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officers or employees shall be liable for reckless, intentional, or negligent disregard of internal revenue laws and extend the period for bringing a claim for such damages; (2) increase the penalties against federal officers and employees for violations of internal revenue laws and for unauthorized inspection or disclosure of tax returns and return information; (3)
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S.2215: Eliminating Improper and Abusive IRS Audits Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2196-2197) on 04/07/2014
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 [S.1810]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 - Establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA), to be headed by the Deputy Commissioner of SSA. Entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the first month in which the individual meets the criteria specified below and ending 365 days later (benefit period), not to exceed 60 qualified caregiving days per period. Qualifies for such a benefit payment any
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S.1810: Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/12/2013