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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.1681 Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007</title>
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  <updated>2009-09-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>S.1681: Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-15:/commentary/10717228</id>
    <updated>2009-09-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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S.1681 Health Insurance Indu... 1 &#183; H.R.5081 Broadband for First R... 1. Opposing Bill. H.R.2835 Medical Marijuana Pat... 1 &#183; S.649 Radio Spectrum Invent. Source: Open Congress : Senate Commerce, Science,. ... - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1681/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...</title>
    <link href="http://washlaborwire.com/2008/11/07/the-potential-impact-of-the-obama-administration-on-the-labor-and-employment-legal-landscape-2/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-06:/commentary/3240937</id>
    <updated>2008-11-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Washington Labor &amp;amp; Employment Wire </name>
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One such bill, the Family Leave Insurance Act (S. 1681, HR 5873), would create a federal insurance fund, similar to the federal unemployment insurance scheme, to provide eight weeks of pay for employees taking FMLA leave. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://washlaborwire.com/2008/11/07/the-potential-impact-of-the-obama-administration-on-the-labor-and-employment-legal-landscape-2/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Sick and Fired: U.S. Workers Struggle Without ...</title>
    <link href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/09/03/sick-and-fired-us-workers-struggle-without-paid-sick-parental-leave/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-02:/commentary/3408004</id>
    <updated>2008-09-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>AFL-CIO NOW BLOG </name>
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introduced the Family Leave Insurance Act (S. 1681), which would provide up to eight weeks of paid family leave. The cost would be shared by employees, employers and the federal government. Click here for the full study. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/09/03/sick-and-fired-us-workers-struggle-without-paid-sick-parental-leave/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Paid Family Leave as of Summer 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-06:/commentary/2450021</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>GetHealthHelp </name>
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Proposals such as The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007 (S. 1681) which would expand FMLA to include paid leave on a federal level have gone nowhere. Barack Obama proposes that as President he would expand the FMLA by providing help to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gethealthhelp.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AF5FFEC2FAC25408!144.entry&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>DigitalCommons@ILR - Linda Levine: Leave Benefits in the United States</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/commentary/3408008</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>DigitalCommons@ILR </name>
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In the United States, which is an OECD member, congressional interest recently has coalesced around family-friendly paid leave proposals (e.g., H.R. 1542/S. 910, S. 80 and H.R. 5781, S. 1681 and H.R. 5873). They would entitle workers to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/521/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>AAUW Supports Paid Family Leave</title>
    <link href="http://afscme965.blogspot.com/2008/05/aauw-supports-paid-family-leave.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/commentary/2172436</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>University Union Voice </name>
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In honor of this day, AFSCME Local 965 joins with the American Association of University Women and asks you to urge our senators to support the Family Leave Insurance Act (S. 1681). This important legislation will provide up to eight ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://afscme965.blogspot.com/2008/05/aauw-supports-paid-family-leave.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>This Mother&amp;#39;s Day - Take a stand for Parenting</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/commentary/2167355</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Schooling Inequality </name>
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In honor of this day, American Association of University Women (AAUW) asks you to urge your senators to support the Family Leave Insurance Act (S. 1681). This important legislation will provide up to eight weeks of paid leave to workers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://schoolinginequality.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-mothers-day-take-stand-for.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | New Jersey a Step Closer to Guaranteeing ...</title>
    <link href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/04/new-jersey-a-step-closer-to-guaranteeing-workers-paid-family-leave" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-04:/commentary/3627896</id>
    <updated>2008-03-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>AFL-CIO Weblog </name>
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Last year, a paid family leave bill (S. 1681) was introduced in the U.S. Senate. Related legislation, calling for paid sick days for workers, was introduced in the House and Senate last year. Here&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s the latest from Wowkanech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/04/new-jersey-a-step-closer-to-guaranteeing-workers-paid-family-leave&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | New Jersey a Step Closer to Guaranteeing ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-03:/commentary/3408014</id>
    <updated>2008-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>AFL-CIO Weblog </name>
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Last year, a paid family leave bill (S. 1681) was introduced in the U.S. Senate. Related legislation, calling for paid sick days for workers, was introduced in the House and Senate last year. Here&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s the latest from Wowkanech. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/04/new-jersey-a-step-closer-to-guaranteeing-workers-paid-family-leave/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Adjunct Law Prof Blog: Treatment of Caregivers: EEOC's Enforcement ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-05:/commentary/3458502</id>
    <updated>2007-12-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Adjunct Law Prof Blog </name>
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S. 1681, 110th Cong. (2007). Costs of the program would be shared by employees, employers and the federal government. Employers and employees would pay a premium equivalent to 0.2 percent of each employee's earnings. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2007/12/treatment-of-ca.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Maternal Leave in the U.S.: Far from Adequate</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/commentary/3408012</id>
    <updated>2007-10-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>News from NOW </name>
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is sponsoring a bill (S.1681) that would guarantee eligible employees in a family and medical leave insurance program to receive a certain percentage of their earnings during eight weeks of leave. On Oct. 16, presidential front-runner ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.now.org/issues/mothers/102507leave.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Legislation Enacted in ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-25:/commentary/3408010</id>
    <updated>2007-09-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Open CRS: Recently Added </name>
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... in the 110th Congress that directly assist family caregivers (H.R. 1032, H.R. 1161, H.R. 1369, H.R. 1542, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1807, H.R. 1871, H.R. 1911, H.R. 2244, H.R. 2392, H.R. 3043, S. 614, S. 897, S. 898, S.910, S. 1340, S. 1681). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22716&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Take Action: Support Paid Family Leave</title>
    <link href="http://kingstonaauw.blogspot.com/2007/08/take-action-support-paid-family-leave.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-06:/commentary/962540</id>
    <updated>2007-08-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>AAUW in Kingston, NY </name>
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The AAUW Action Network Two Minute Activist posted a request this morning that we take action -- urge our senators to co-sponsor and support the Family Leave Insurance Act (S. 1681). To read more and take action (It only takes two ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kingstonaauw.blogspot.com/2007/08/take-action-support-paid-family-leave.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Pushing Parental Leave (7/19/07) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-17:/commentary/3408015</id>
    <updated>2007-07-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>GovExec.com Top News </name>
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A broader bill (S. 1681), which would apply to both public and private sector employees, would permit the eight weeks of paid leave to women and men for the birth or adoption of a child, care for a critically ill child, spouse or parent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0707/071907pb.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 1681, The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-25:/commentary/3408003</id>
    <updated>2007-06-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Comments for HR 6562,... </name>
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US Congress: S. 1681, The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200506214.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S. 1681, A bill to provide for a paid family and medical leave ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1681.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/commentary/920394</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... </name>
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S. 1681 would provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1681.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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