To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Social Welfare, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HF8B3306AA0D5474C936F9D5BDDE9DA08: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Families Act.
- Section H7FB0B5D7F5724DF19BBA4329383F8484: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term child means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a child of a domestic partner, a legal ward, or a child...
- Section HA20DADB218A14E3CAEC373BB97883658: 3. Earned paid sick time An employer shall provide each employee employed by the employer not less than 1 hour of earned paid sick time for every 30 hours...
- Section H3330CAA29A2F4B58A85858F2424DC6D6: 4. Notice requirement Each employer shall notify each employee and include in any employee handbook, information— describing paid sick time available to...
- Section HD93F6EBFB6534C41A9FBDBEAF3F25408: 5. Prohibited acts It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right provided...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Social Welfare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Carson, Ms. Kuster, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an increment of compensated leave that— can be earned by an employee for use during an absence from employment for any of the reasons described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 3(b)
an employee described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2(5)
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