CLUW supports bills to help working families (2008)

The Family Leave Insurance Act (H.R. 5873), introduced by Reps. Stark, Maloney, Miller and Woolsey, would provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, tiered based on employee wages, funded by small employee and employer premiums paid into an insurance system.
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The Family Fairness Act (H.R. 6029), introduced by Rep. Baldwin, would amend the FMLA to cover all part-time workers by removing the requirement that employees work 1250 hours in the year preceding their leave to be eligible.
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