Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequent…
The bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act to prohibit employers from recovering health insurance premiums they paid for an employee who takes leave for the birth of a child but does not return to work because of that birth.
It also requires employers to notify eligible employees taking birth leave that the employer may not recover those paid premiums in that circumstance.
Modest, narrow statutory tweak with low fiscal impact increases viability, but lacks broad compromise features and could attract employer resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a narrowly focused substantive amendment to the FMLA: it identifies the exact statutory provisions to change, inserts specific prohibitory language regarding employer recovery of premiums related to birth, and mandates an employer notice.
Liberals emphasize parental choice and protecting caregivers
Liberals emphasize parental choice and protecting caregivers
Likely supportive.
The change removes a financial penalty that could coerce new parents to return to work and helps normalize caregiving choices.
It is a narrow, parent-focused protection aligned with family-support policies.
Cautiously favorable.
The bill is a narrowly targeted technical fix to remove a specific clawback for birth leave and improve notice.
Support hinges on limited fiscal and administrative impacts for employers.
Likely opposed or skeptical.
This imposes a statutory limit on employers' contractual recoupment options and creates a compliance mandate, shifting costs away from employees who leave voluntarily.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Modest, narrow statutory tweak with low fiscal impact increases viability, but lacks broad compromise features and could attract employer resistance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize parental choice and protecting caregivers
Modest, narrow statutory tweak with low fiscal impact increases viability, but lacks broad compromise features and could attract employer r…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a narrowly focused substantive amendment to the FMLA: it identifies the exact statutory provisions to change, inserts specific prohibitory language regar…
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