S.910 - Healthy Families Act

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. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Healthy Families Act as introduced.
  • Official: 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. as introduced.

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05/08/11
S.910: Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 - U.S. ... - OpenCongress

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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04/13/11
H.R.1542: Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved ... - OpenCongress

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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10/30/10
Health care coverage and access - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

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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01/06/09
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Need Not Cut Workers' Pay

Edward Kennedy (D–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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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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12/04/08
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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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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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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10/02/08
Voting for Small Business

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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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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09/03/08
Paid Sick Days Off November Ballot

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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09/02/08
Breaking - Paid Sick Days Ballot Issue to be Pulled | Ohio Daily ...

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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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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08/17/08
Lifetime Networks to Launch 14th Annual Stop Breast Cancer for ...

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 “drive-through” mastectomies, ...

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08/07/08
Workplace Horizons - WorkplaceHorizons.com - California Group ...

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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08/04/08
Goodbye Macho Men « AAUW Dialog

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 ...

Source: AAUW Dialog
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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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07/10/08
Obama Endorses Paid Sick Days

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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07/10/08
Obama Endorses Paid Sick Days

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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07/10/08
Ohio's mandated sick days are all about 2008

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. -30-. Note to Sen. ...

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06/25/08
DigitalCommons@ILR - Linda Levine: 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 (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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05/05/08
Working sick

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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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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04/21/08
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Family and Medical Leave Act

... Woolsey (D-CA) expressed concerns about the Department of Labor’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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02/28/08
Support the Healthy Families Act

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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01/30/08
Health Families Act

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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11/10/07
NFIB.com - Help Defeat Government-Mandated Sick Leave: Share Your ...

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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09/25/07
Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Legislation Enacted in ...

... 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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