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Strong Families Act [S.2354]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Strong Families Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) 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, (2) limit the allowable amount of such credit to $3,000 per employee for any taxable year, and (3) terminate such credit after 2017. The Government Accountability Office shall complete a study on the effectiveness of the tax credit for paid family and medical leave.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/03/2015
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 [S.233]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/22/2015
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Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 [S.2208]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Insurance ]
[Unemployment ]
[Social Security ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
Security and Financial Empowerment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Violence Against Women Act to require the National Resource Center on Workplace Response provide information and assistance through domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions and survivor service organizations. These organizations and coalitions shall provide resource materials and assistance to employees, employers, and labor organizations to aid in efforts to develop adequate workplace responses to domestic and sexual violence. In addition, the bill requires employers to provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/27/2015
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Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2015 [S.2035]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2015 This bill requires federal employees furloughed or required to work due to a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after October 1, 2015, to be compensated after the lapse in appropriations ends. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations are permitted to use leave. The bill addresses a lapse in appropriations scheduled to occur if FY2016 appropriations legislation is not enacted prior to the beginning of the fiscal year on October 1, 2015.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 229. on 09/16/2015
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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 [S.2033]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015 This bill allows a federal employee, including an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child, or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. The bill makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) six administrative workweeks of paid parental leave
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/15/2015
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Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 [S.1897]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Safer Officers and Safer Citizens Act of 2015 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award matching grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to purchase body-worn cameras. The Bureau of Justice Assistance must give preference to grant applications from jurisdictions that: (1) have comprehensive policies and procedures related to implementation of a body-worn camera program, (2) have high percentages of officers without access to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/29/2015
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Schedules That Work Act [S.1772]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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 the employee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6253-6254) on 07/15/2015
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Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act [S.1564]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require specified employers (including certain federal and state employers) who employ at least 15 employees at any time during a calendar year to provide each eligible employee at least 10 days of paid vacation time during each 12-month period, to be used on consecutive or nonconsecutive days. An employee is eligible for paid vacation time only if he or she has been employed by the employer for at least one year and has worked at least 1,250 hours for that employer during
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S4108-4109) on 06/11/2015
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [S.1512]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Declares that it is 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/04/2015
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Parental Bereavement Act of 2015 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act [S.1302]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Parental Bereavement Act of 2015 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/12/2015
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Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1085]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2015 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. Terminates the support program for caregivers of covered
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/24/2015
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of considering legislation that would reinforce the goals of the working families agenda. [HR-506]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of considering legislation that would reinforce the goals of the working families agenda. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a working families agenda is established to: raise the minimum wage, strengthen workers' right to organize, and protect workers from misclassification; provide workers with paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible and stable schedules, access to high-quality early learning opportunities, and affordable child care; and strengthen the law
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 11/23/2015
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Healthy Families Act [HB-932]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Small Business ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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. Authorizes small employers with fewer than 15 employees to provide the same paid sick time, but allows them to opt out. Requires any small employer that opts out to provide at least 56 hours of unpaid sick time to each employee per calendar year. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 04/29/2015
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Government Employee Accountability Act [HB-722]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Government Employee Accountability Act Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, of a period not greater than 90 days. Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Introduced In House on 02/04/2015
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SERVICE Act Supporting, Employing, and Recognizing Veterans in Communities Everywhere Act [HB-6062]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
SERVICE Act Supporting, Employing, and Recognizing Veterans in Communities Everywhere Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 10/19/2016
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Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 [HB-5957]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). To verify that leave credited to such an employee is used for treating a service-connected disability, the employee shall certify to FAA Human Resource Management that the employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for that disability by a health care provider.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Received In The Senate. on 09/21/2016
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To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes of several employment-related statutes. [HB-5918]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes of several employment-related statutes. This bill prohibits individuals operating in the peer-to-peer economy from being considered employees subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the National Labor Relations Act if they: are permitted to determine the hours during which they offer services to users, are subject to a
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Schweikert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016
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Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act [HB-5701]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and federal civil service law to entitle to leave an eligible employee, including a federal employee, to care for an adult child, grandparent, or grandchild (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if that person has a serious health condition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016
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Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act [HB-5535]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act This bill entitles an employee covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to take up to 8 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 48 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend school conferences or activities sponsored by a school or community organization and related to a program attended by the employee's child or grandchild. An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016
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Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act [HB-5519]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if that person has a serious health condition. This bill applies the same leave allowance to federal employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016