US Congress Senate Bill 2790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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November 17 2009 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act - Requires certain covered employers to provide annually to each of their covered: (1) full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick time, and specified employment benefits; and (2) part-time employees the same employment benefits and a number of days or hours of paid sick time, determined under a specified pro rata formula. Allows the covered employee to use such sick time for an absence: (1) resulting from a medical condition involving symptoms of a contagious illness (including influenza-like illnesses such as the 2009 H1N1 virus), the need to obtain medical diagnosis or care, or to obtain preventive care for such illness; (2) due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the employee's presence on the job, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others; (3) to care for a child experiencing such symptoms; or (4) to care for a child due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the child's presence in the community, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others. Permits use of sick leave if the covered employee's place of business is closed due to a contagious illness or his or her need to care for a child whose school or child care or early childhood program has been closed for such reason. Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations.

Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act

Sen Brown, Sherrod	Sen Dodd, Christopher J.	Sen Harkin, Tom	Sen Merkley, Jeff
Sen Franken, Al

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-11-17		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4092 (Same As) 2010-01-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN02790:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s2790is/pdf/BILLS-111s2790is.pdf