H.R.1542 - Healthy Families Act

To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Healthy Families Act as introduced.
  • Official: To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. as introduced.

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04/13/11
H.R.1542: Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act - U.S. ...

A bill in the U.S. Congress: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas. -. Source: http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc: ... OpenCongress is a fr

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12/25/08
NFIB.com - NFIB/Alabama Legislative Links -- April 20, 2007

Ted Kennedy, sponsor of S. 910, held a hearing on his paid sick leave bill earlier this year, but there has been no action on the House companion bill, H.R. 1542, the so-called "Healthy Families Act" by Rep. DeLauro. ...

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12/15/08
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

HR 1542 sought to ease certain legal restrictions and requirements, imposed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, on incumbent telephone companies who provide high speed data access. Proponents assert that restrictions must be lifted ...

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12/04/08
HRP Trends & Updates: IRS announces 2009 Standard Mileage Rates ...

For instance, proposed legislation called the Healthy Families Act (S.910 & H.R.1542) would require an employer with 15 or more employees to provide paid sick leave to full and part time employees. At this time, we are not sure which ...

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12/04/08
Alliance for Worker Freedom

Last Action: H.R. 1542 referred to House subcommittee (3/15/07) / S. 910 referred to Senate subcommittee (3/15/2007). H.R. 4301 / S. 2419 – Working Families Flexibility Act. Common Name: None. Introduced by: Rep. ...

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11/24/08
Minnesota 2020 -- Paid Sick Days: Help in a Tough Economy

Paid sick days legislation, like the state Healthy Families, Healthy Workplace Act and the federal Healthy Families Act (S 910/HR 1542), would guarantee workers a minimum number of paid sick days a year to recover from illness, ...

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11/10/08
The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...

As a senator, President-elect Obama cosponsored the Healthy Families Act (HR 1542, S. 910), which would amend the FMLA to require employers to provide 7 days of paid sick leave for full-time employees (30 hours or more) and pro-rated ...

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11/06/08
The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...

President-elect Obama cosponsored the Healthy Families Act (HR 1542, S. 910), which requires employers with at least 15 employees who work at least 30 hours a week to provide seven days of paid sick leave and pro-rated leave for ...

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09/13/08
NFIB.com - Paid Sick Leave Proposal Defeated

introduced H.R. 1542/S. 910, the "Healthy Families Act of 2007," which requires employers with 15 or more workers to provide seven days of paid leave annually to employees working 30 or more hours a week, and a pro-rated annual amount ...

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09/02/08
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Sick and Fired: U.S. Workers Struggle Without ...

In Congress, the Healthy Families Act (S. 910 and H.R. 1542) would guarantee paid sick leave for workers to recover from an illness or take care of a sick family member. San Francisco is the first city in the nation to require employers ...

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08/29/08
CQ Politics | Business Group Handicaps End-of-Session Issues

Johnson said it was possible the Senate would take up legislation to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act ( HR 5873 , S 1681 ) or to require paid sick leave ( HR 1542 , S 910 ), in honor of ailing sponsor Sen. ...

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08/25/08
Cincinnati Law Library Association: Ohio paid sick leave initiative

( HR 1542 S910 ) But the federal measure has progressed slowly and the initiative has in many cases sifted down to local levels. No state currently has paid employee sick days on their books, but more than a dozen have had legislation ...

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08/14/08
BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter (HTML format)

910 / HR 1542), introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), would require employers already providing the benefit to make a number of significant modifications to ensure compliance . ...

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08/14/08
new analysis shows how paid sick leave bill would force ...

excerpt: "as described in a new hr policy analysis, the (hfa) (s. 910 / hr 1542), introduced by sen. edward kennedy (d-ma) and rep. rosa delauro (d-ct), would require employers already providing the benefit to make a number of ...

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08/07/08
california group issues report urging passage of state paid sick ...

the "healthy families act" (hr 1542, s. 910) would require american employers with 15 or more employees to provide each with seven (7) paid sick days annually. the bill has at least 92 democrat co-sponsors in the house and last year the ...

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07/30/08
Paid Sick Leave: Not Just for Milwaukee

From a newsletter:Sen. Kennedy and Rep. DeLauro reintroduced legislation called the Healthy Families Act (HR 1542/S.910), which would require privat.

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07/29/08
paid sick leave: not just for milwaukee

delauro reintroduced legislation called the healthy families act (hr 1542/s.910), which would require private and public employers with 15 or more employees (for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the ...

Source: Dad29
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07/28/08
Best Internet News and Politics » Blog Archive » Vote With an Eye ...

The Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1542)(S. 910) requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide seven days of paid sick leave to full-time (30 hours) workers.This bill seems to be a top priority although it could have a devastating ...

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07/11/08
CQ Weekly - Hard at Work on Family Leave

389; Senate bill on paid family leave is S 1681 ; Kennedy’s Senate paid sick leave bill is S 910 ; DeLauro’s House version is HR 1542 . Source: CQ Weekly The definitive source for news about Congress. © 2008 Congressional Quarterly Inc. ...

Source: CQ Midday
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07/06/08
gay republicans to hold fundraiser for ros-lehtinen

hr 1542 - healthy families act: 'to provide for paid sick leave to ensure that americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.' cosponsor yes & no colors: green means that this is our preferred ...

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06/24/08
leave benefits in the united states

in the united states, which is an oecd member, congressional interest recently has coalesced around family-friendly paid leave proposals (eg, hr 1542/s. 910, s. 80 and hr 5781, s. 1681 and hr 5873). they would entitle workers to time ...

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06/20/08
[IWS] CRS: LEAVE BENEFITS in the UNITED STATES [Updated 7 May 2008]

paid leave proposals (eg, HR 1542/S. 910, S. 80 and HR 5781, S. 1681 and HR 5873). They would entitle workers to time off with pay to accomplish parental and caregiving obligations to help women in particular balance work and ...

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05/11/08
us woefully trails other industrialized nations; it's not mother ...

introduced the healthy families act (s. 910 and hr 1542) that would require employers with 15 or more employees to provide workers with seven paid sick leave days a year to take care of themselves or a family member." ...

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05/06/08
Working sick | Politics West

Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has a bill, H.R. 1542, that would require employers of more than 15 people to provide a limited amount of paid sick leave. Eligible employees would be those who work at least 1000 hours per year. ...

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05/02/08
Healthy Families

910/HR 1542). The bill provides full-time employees with seven paid sick days a year to be used for their own medical needs or to tend to the . Here's a toolkit to help service providers strengthen families by promoting key protective ...

Source: Pematu84
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05/01/08
legislation creating paid family leave insurance fund introduced ...

in addition, there are several other pending bills that would expand fmla coverage, including the crime victims employment leave act (hr 5845), healthy families act of 2007 (hr 1542, s. 910), family and medical leave expansion act (hr ...

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04/27/08
a virtual rally for a real-life need: paid sick leave

the healthy families act (s. 910 and hr 1542 ) would guarantee paid sick leave for workers to recover from an illness or take care of a sick family member. source=http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-rss2.php.

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04/24/08
A Virtual Rally for a Real-Life Need: Paid Sick Leave

The virtual rally was designed to ignite broad support for legislation in Congress that will solve a real-world problem. The Healthy Families Act (S. 910 and HR 1542 ) would guarantee paid sick leave for workers to recover from an ...

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04/24/08
A Virtual Rally for a Real-Life Need: Paid Sick Leave

The virtual rally was designed to ignite broad support for legislation in Congress that will solve a real-world problem. The Healthy Families Act (S. 910 and HR 1542 ) would guarantee paid sick leave for workers to recover from an ...

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03/15/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.2784 Menu Education and Labeling Act

Ric Keller [R, FL-8] [1]. H.R.1839 H.R.1839 [1]; H.R.1542 Healthy Families Act [1]; H.R.2 Small Business and Work Opportunity Act o... [1]; H.R.2010 National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007... [1]; H.R.2034 Medicare for All Act [1] ...

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