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S.910: Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 - U.S. ... - OpenCongress

2011-05-08T01:00:00Z

U.S. Congress: S. 910, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service Department of Veterans Affairs . ...

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H.R.1542: Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved ... - OpenCongress

2011-04-13T01:00:00Z

Google empfiehlt die Text-Version dieses Dokuments.26 Aug 2008 Healthy Families Act S.910, H.R.1542 . Full Text Senate : Ted Kennedy in March of 2007, the bill has been referred to the Committee on. ...

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Health care coverage and access - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

2010-10-30T01:00:00Z

Use the options to the right to narrow down your search results. Sessions: 112th Congress 111th Congress 110th Congress 109th Congress. Search in: Bills Congresspeople Committees Issues User Comments OpenCongress Blog Indicator ... S.910 - Veterans Health

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Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Need Not Cut Workers' Pay

2009-01-06T19:00:00Z

Edward Kennedy (Dâ€“MA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sponsored the Healthy Families Act (HFA, S. 910). President-elect Barack Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and Sen. ...

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

2008-12-25T19:00:00Z

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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Alliance for Worker Freedom

2008-12-04T19:00:00Z

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 â€“ Working Families Flexibility Act. Common Name: None. Introduced by: Rep. ...

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HRP Trends & Updates: IRS announces 2009 Standard Mileage Rates ...

2008-12-04T19:00:00Z

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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The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...

2008-11-10T19:00:00Z

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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The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...

2008-11-06T19:00:00Z

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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Voting for Small Business

2008-10-02T20:00:00Z

Obama: Is a cosponsor of S. 910, the Healthy Families Act, a bill mandating seven days of paid sick leave for employers with 15 or more employees. His Web site says, "Barack Obama supports efforts to guarantee workers seven days of paid ...

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NFIB.com - Paid Sick Leave Proposal Defeated

2008-09-13T20:00:00Z

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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Paid Sick Days Off November Ballot

2008-09-03T20:00:00Z

Strickland and Brown (a co-sponsor of S.910, a paid sick day bill currently pending in Congress) appeared at the news conference with Williams and reiterated their intent to seek passage of a federal law. ...

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Breaking - Paid Sick Days Ballot Issue to be Pulled | Ohio Daily ...

2008-09-02T20:00:00Z

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

2008-09-02T20:00:00Z

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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Lifetime Networks to Launch 14th Annual Stop Breast Cancer for ...

2008-08-17T20:00:00Z

Lifetime also will continue its unparalleled legislative advocacy, championing the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005 (S.910/H.R.1849). The bill would end the practice of â€œdrive-throughâ€* mastectomies, ...

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Workplace Horizons - WorkplaceHorizons.com - California Group ...

2008-08-07T20:00:00Z

The "Healthy Families Act" (H.R. 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 ...

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Goodbye Macho Men Â« AAUW Dialog

2008-08-04T20:00:00Z

AAUW has a strong stance on family-friendly workplaces and supports the passage of the Healthy Families Act (S. 910, H.R. 1902), a more comprehensive employee leave policy than the FMLA. Does your employer offer family-friendly policies ...

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Paid Sick Leave: Not Just for Milwaukee

2008-07-29T20:00:00Z

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 ...

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Obama Endorses Paid Sick Days

2008-07-10T20:00:00Z

Obama is a co-sponsor of S.910, a federal bill that would mandate allowing workers to earn 7 paid sick days per year. Sen. McCain is not a co-sponsor, and his position on paid sick days is unknown. Alliance blogger Maggie Thurber has ...

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Obama Endorses Paid Sick Days

2008-07-10T20:00:00Z

Note: In the US Senate, Sen. Obama is a co-sponsor of S.910, a federal bill that would mandate allowing workers to earn 7 paid sick days per year. Sen. McCain is not a co-sponsor, and his position on paid sick days is unknown.

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Ohio's mandated sick days are all about 2008

2008-07-10T20:00:00Z

DigitalCommons@ILR - Linda Levine: Leave Benefits in the United States

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

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 ...

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Working sick

2008-05-05T10:32:36Z

It hit Jess, one of our nannies, first, about ten days ago. Sore throat, stuffy nose, aches, the works. She couldn't come to work that day ... bill, S.910, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in the Senate, has 24 cospons

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A Virtual Rally for a Real-Life Need: Paid Sick Leave

2008-04-27T20:00:00Z

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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A Virtual Rally for a Real-Life Need: Paid Sick Leave

2008-04-24T20:00:00Z

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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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Family and Medical Leave Act

2008-04-21T20:00:00Z

... Woolsey (D-CA) expressed concerns about the Department of Laborâ€™s proposed FMLA regulations, and endorsed two pending pieces of legislation: The Balancing Act of 2007 (HR 2392) and The Healthy Families Act of 2007 (HR 1542, S. 910). ...

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Support the Healthy Families Act

2008-02-28T19:00:00Z

The American Association of University Women strongly supports the Healthy Families Act (S. 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 ...

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Health Families Act

2008-01-30T19:00:00Z

Senator Ted Kennedy introduced similar legislation in the US Senate (Bill # S.910) last year and it is currently in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or ...

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NFIB.com - Help Defeat Government-Mandated Sick Leave: Share Your ...

2007-11-10T19:00:00Z

We strongly opposes S.910 and need your help to defeat this blatant political attempt to pacify big labor unions and give the government even more authority to meddle in your businesses. Small business owners, please help us stop this ...

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Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Legislation Enacted in ...

2007-09-25T20:00:00Z

... 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). ...

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910 Girls Breast

2007-07-04T20:00:00Z

...To combat this trend, I am a proud co-sponsor of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005, S.910, authored by Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). ...What Girls Learn (Breast cancer) .... 910. 7.1. F Key. Keyes. ...

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In Congress, Democrats push paid leave, reforms | HR Magazine ...

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

When Democrats in Congress introduced the Healthy Families Act (S. 910 and H.R. 1542) on March 15, they made good on a campaign promise to reshape U.S. employment laws. But according to many political observers, the bill could become ...

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BizzyBlog Â» Mandated Sick Leave Update: Not Surprisingly, Itâ€™s ...

2007-04-24T20:00:00Z

The proposed statute is almost identical to pending federal legislation (S. 910 and H.R. 1542) under the same name. The proposed Ohio statute would require that employers provide seven days of paid sick leave annually for employees ...

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The 30 hour work week?

2007-04-07T20:00:00Z

In essence, S.910 provides that any employee that works 30 hours a week for a year gets one week paid leave. Now, that standard has sort of been in practice, as decided by the private sector. However, that’s not good enough for Ted. ...

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Paid Sick Leave Legislation Proposed

2007-04-01T20:00:00Z

On March 15, 2007, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Ma) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Healthy Families Act (S.910, HR 1902) that would require employers to provide 7 paid sick days a year. The legislation applies to the ...

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Republicans Launch Preemptive Strike Against Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-31T20:00:00Z

Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the The Healthy Families Act ( S.910), legislation that forces employers in companies with more than 15 employees to provide paid time off for those working an average of at least 20 hours per week or 1000 ...

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Democrats Propose National Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-31T20:00:00Z

The Healthy Families Act ( S.910) will provide all American workers who work an average of at least 20 hours per week or 1000 hours per year, up to seven paid sick days that can be used for “an absence resulting from a physical or ...

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Republicans Launch Preemptive Strike Against Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-31T20:00:00Z

Democrats Propose National Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-30T20:00:00Z

Republicans Launch Preemptive Strike Against Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-30T20:00:00Z

Democrats Propose National Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-30T20:00:00Z

Republicans Launch Preemptive Strike Against Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-30T20:00:00Z

Paid Sick Leave Legislation Proposed

2007-03-30T13:00:04Z

On March 15, 2007, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Ma) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Healthy Families Act (S.910, H.R. 1902) that would require employers to provide 7 paid sick days

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Paid Sick Leave Legislation Proposed

2007-03-30T13:00:04Z

Democrats propose national sick leave bill

2007-03-22T20:00:00Z

The Healthy Families Act (S.910) will provide all American workers who work an average of at least 20 hours per week or 1000 hours per year, up to seven paid sick days that can be used for "an absence resulting from a physical or mental ...

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2007-03-20T14:19:42Z

Communists! First they admit that Americans are vulnerable to illness; next, ... or even their jobs at risk when illness strikes." The Healthy Families Act (S.910) will provide

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Bob Geiger: Democrats Propose National Sick Leave Bill

2007-03-20T13:30:33Z

Joined by 22 other members of the Democratic caucus, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) ... Families Act (S.910) will provide all American workers who work an average of at least 20 hours per

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Dems propose national sick leave bill

2007-03-19T20:00:00Z

The Healthy Families Act (S.910) will provide all American workers who work an average of at least 20 hours per week or 1000 hours per year up to seven paid sick days that can be used for "an absence resulting from a physical or mental ...

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Democrats propose national sick leave bill

2007-03-19T20:00:00Z

The Healthy Families Act (S.910) will provide all American workers who work an average of at least 20 hours per week or 1000 hours per year, up to seven paid sick days that can be used for ‘an absence resulting from a physical or mental ...

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The Healthy Families Act (S.910)

2007-03-19T20:00:00Z

Joined by 22 other members of the Democratic caucus, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has introduced legislation that will provide some degree of paid sick leave for all Americans and force employers to allow workers to take a minimal amount ...

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WashingtonWatch.com - S. 910, The Healthy Families Act

2007-03-16T20:00:00Z

US Congress: S. 910, The Healthy Families Act.

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WashingtonWatch.com - S. 910, The Healthy Families Act

2007-03-16T20:00:00Z

US Congress: S. 910, The Healthy Families Act.

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WashingtonWatch.com - S. 910, The Healthy Families Act

2007-03-15T20:00:00Z

US Congress: S. 910, The Healthy Families Act.

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Bill Action: Introduced: S. 910: A bill to provide for paid sick ...

2007-03-13T20:00:00Z

Edward Kennedy [D-MA] introduced S. 910: A bill to provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.. [This event matched these monitors: Active Legislation ]

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