Title: Job Protection Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Job Protection Act
This bill reduces from 12 months to 90 days the employment period required for employees (including federal employees) to become eligible for family and medical leave. Additionally, the bill makes the family and medical leave requirements applicable to all employers (currently, the requirements apply to employers with 50 or more employees).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3748 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3748

 To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave 
                             requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2022

 Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Padilla, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave 
                             requirements.

    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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