A bill to provide family leave and family leave optimal coverage benefits to certain individuals; to establish the circumstances under which family leave may be granted and family leave optimal coverage benefits may be paid; to require employer and employee contributions; to require certain duties of an employer; to prohibit certain discrimination and certain retaliatory actions; to require the coordination of certain benefits; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to require the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain procedures for the resolution of claims; to establish the family leave optimal coverage fund; to require reporting; to provide for remedies; and to prohibit certain actions and prescribe civil sanctions.
Provides 15 weeks of paid family leave to those covered by the act which includes almost anyone who paid into a “family leave optimal coverage fund” created by the act.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services
