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Info for Small Business HR 3047
So, here's a bit of info for the smaller businesses in the crowd. Watch HR 3047 and let your Senators and Representatives know what you think. This bill expands Family Medical Leave--thus the name The Balancing Act of 2009. Here's what's in it: currently FMLA covers employers with 50 + ees, who work 1,250 hr per yr--would expand to those employers with 15+ who work 1,050 ee per yr; The 12 weeks would be paid leave funded by the FML Insurance Fund jointly subsidized by the employers and employees (0.2% of earnings). Mandatory requirements include: 7 days of paid sick leave; extends protection to victims of domestic violence; broader category of family members to include domestic partners and same sex spouses and a new definitions for creating protected leave for "parental involvement" and "family wellness," I'll post a link to the bill.
