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Family and Medical Leave Act Expansion
State: Pennsylvania
Subject: Family and Medical Leave, Job-Protected Leave
Bill: H.B. 298/S.B. 685
Sponsor: Truitt (R)/Dinniman (D)
Introduced in House and referred to Committee on Aging & Older Adult Services: 01/23/2013
Introduced in Senate and referred to Committee on Labor & Industry: 03/14/2013
Summary: Creates a state Family and Medical Leave Act caregiver provision which requires covered employers to provide up to six weeks of leave to eligible workers to care for a sibling, grandparent or grandchild, provided the sibling, grandparent or grandchild has no living spouse, child over 17 or parent under 65 years of age to care for them.
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