Bill Text: NH SB470 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to eligibility of school district employees for Family and Medical Leave Act coverage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-17 - Pending Motion Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment #2016-1094s; 03/17/2016; Senate Journal 9 [SB470 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB470-Introduced.html

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SB 470  - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2813

05/04

 

SENATE BILL 470

 

AN ACT relative to eligibility of school district employees for Family and Medical Leave Act coverage.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Rollo, Straf. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides family and medical leave to certain school district employees who are not otherwise eligible for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2813

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to eligibility of school district employees for Family and Medical Leave Act coverage.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subdivision; Family and Medical Leave Coverage.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 70 the following new subdivision:

Family and Medical Leave Coverage

189:71  Family and Medical Leave Coverage.  A school district employee who has been employed by the school district for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 900 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-3), 29 U.S.C. section 2611, et seq., as amended.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.