House Bill 6220
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 12, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6220
Congress
116
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
This bill provides employees with up to 12 weeks paid leave for a qualifying purpose during a public-health emergency with respect to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Specifically, an employee may use such leave if the employee is
- ordered or recommended to self-quarantine by a government official or health care provider,
- caring for a family member who has been ordered or recommended to self-quarantine, or
- caring for the employee's child because the child's school or child-care provider is closed.
Public health emergency leave is not available to employees who work an intermittent or reduced work schedule. An employee may substitute available accrued leave for public health emergency leave, but an employer may not require an employee to make such substitution.
March 12, 2020
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03/12/2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
03/12/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:17:31 PM