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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2096 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers provide 

a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2013 

Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that 

employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual 

leave to employees. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paid Vacation Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ENTITLEMENT TO VACATION. 

6 Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 

7 U.S.C. 207) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(c)(1) Beginning on the date of enactment of the 

10 Paid Vacation Act, an eligible employee of an employer 


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1 that employs 100 or more employees at any time during 

2 a calendar year shall be entitled to a total of 1 workweek 

3 of paid vacation during each 12-month period. 

4 ‘‘(2) Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the 

5 date of enactment of the Paid Vacation Act, an eligible 

6 employee of an employer that employs 50 or more employ7 ees at any time during a calendar year shall be entitled 

8 to a total of 1 workweek of paid vacation during each 12- 

9 month period, and an eligible employee of an employer 

10 that employs 100 or more employees shall be entitled to 

11 a total of 2 workweeks of paid vacation during each 12- 

12 month period, beginning on that eligible employee’s first 

13 anniversary of employment. 

14 ‘‘(3) An eligible employee shall provide the employer 

15 with not less than 30 days’ notice, before the date the paid 

16 vacation under paragraph (1) or (2) is to begin, of the 

17 employee’s intention to take paid vacation under such 

18 paragraph, and identify the date such paid vacation shall 

19 begin. 

20 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection— 

21 ‘‘(A) the term ‘eligible employee’ means an em22 ployee who has been employed for at least 12 

23 months by the employer with respect to whom leave 

24 is requested under paragraph (1) or (2) and for at 


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1 least 1,250 hours of service with such employer dur2 ing such 12-month period; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the term 1 workweek of ‘paid vacation’ 

4 means vacation time, in addition to and apart from 

5 sick leave and any leave otherwise required by law, 

6 to be taken in a continuous series or block of work 

7 days comprising 7 calendar days that cannot be 

8 rolled over, but must be used within the 12-month 

9 period. 

10 ‘‘(5) The exemptions to this section provided in sec11 tion 13 shall not apply to this subsection.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN BY DEPARTMENT 

13 OF LABOR. 

14 The Secretary of Labor is authorized to conduct a 

15 public awareness campaign, through the Internet and 

16 other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to 

17 leave afforded by this Act. There is authorized to be ap18 propriated such sums as may be necessary for the public 

19 awareness campaign. 

20 SEC. 4. STUDY ON PRODUCTIVITY. 

21 The Secretary of Labor shall conduct a study on 

22 workplace productivity and the effect on productivity of 

23 the leave requirement in this Act. The study shall also ad24 dress any benefits to public health and psychological well25 being as a result of such leave. Not later than 3 years 


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1 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

2 transmit to Congress a report containing the findings of 

3 the study, and shall publish such findings on the website 

4 of the Department of Labor. 

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