FAIR Leave Act

Bill: 115-s-3593
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-10-11
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2018-10-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-10-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Fair Access for Individuals to Receive Leave Act or the FAIR Leave Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the limitation on the aggregate number of workweeks of leave husbands and wives employed by the same employer may be entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3593 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 11, 2018 Mrs. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Cotton , Mrs. McCaskill , and Ms. Heitkamp ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, to repeal certain limits on leave for a husband and wife employed by the same employer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Access for Individuals to Receive Leave Act or the FAIR Leave Act . 2. Repeal of certain time limitations on leave for spouses Section 102(f) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612(f) ) is repealed.