Paid Family and Medical Leave Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3192
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption
Caregivers
Childbirth
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Labor
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Employee health benefits
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Excise tax
Families
Family leave
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Health
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Income tax
Injunctions
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Investment of public funds
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Payroll deductions
Self-employed
Sick leave
Social Welfare
Taxation
Wage restitution
Whistle blowing
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Paid Family and Medical Leave Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Family and Medical Insurance Program, with benefits to be administered by each state (or by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in any state whose Governor requests this).
 
Entitles eligible employees to Program benefits, including 55% of weekly basic earnings for 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period. Requires certification by health care providers of employees or of their eligible family or household members.
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax on employers to finance a Family and Medical Leave Trust Fund in the Treasury to for Program benefits. Exempts from such tax employers with voluntary plans approved by the Secretary as equivalent or better than the Program. Allows self-employers to elect to pay such tax to receive Program benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House