Bill Details
S.408 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Date
2025-02-05
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
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This bill would make job-protected family and medical leave available to more workers and at more workplaces. It would shorten the time a worker must be on the job before becoming eligible for leave, and it would lower the size of an employer needed to be covered by the law. In simple terms, the bill would let many employees qualify for leave after 90 days of work instead of waiting much longer, and it would apply the leave rules to employers with even one worker instead of only larger employers.
- Most workers would become eligible for family and medical leave after 90 days with the same employer.
- The change would also apply to certain federal, presidential, and congressional employees, replacing the current longer service requirements with a 90-day rule.
- Employers would be covered by the leave rules if they have at least one employee, instead of only those with 50 or more employees.
- The changes would apply to leave taken on or after the date the bill becomes law.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 408 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 408
To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave
requirements, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 5, 2025
Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Padilla, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave
requirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Job Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR LEAVE.
(a) In General.--Section 101(2) of the Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``employed--'' and all
that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting
``employed for not less than 90 days by the employer with
respect to whom leave is requested under section 102.'';
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``does not include--''
and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and
inserting ``does not include any Federal officer or employee
covered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United
States Code (as added by title II of this Act).'';
(3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).
(b) Federal Employees.--
(1) Title 5.--Subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in section 6381(1)(B), by striking ``12
months'' and inserting ``90 days''; and
(B) in section 6382(d)(2)(E), by striking ``12
months'' and inserting ``90 days''.
(2) Presidential employees.--Section 412(a)(2)(B) of title
3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``12 months and
for at least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12
months'' and inserting ``90 days''.
(3) Congressional employees.--Section 202(a)(2)(B) of the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1312(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``12 months and for at
least 1,250 hours of employment during the previous 12 months''
and inserting ``90 days''.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO LEAVE REQUIREMENTS.
Section 101(4)(A)(i) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(29 U.S.C. 2611(4)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``50 or more
employees'' and all that follows through the end of the clause and
inserting ``1 or more employees''.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with
respect to leave taken on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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