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Report Link Temporary Paid Sick Leave Legislation Introduced to Deal with H1N1, Other Illnesses.
Jackson Lewis LLP - November 06, 2009
As concern over H1N1 and influenza-related illnesses continues to spread, legislation that would require employers to provide up to five days of paid sick leave per year to workers afflicted with influenza or other, similar contagious illness has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill applies to employers with 15 or more employees where workers comply with the employer’s directive to go home or stay home from work because of a contagious illness. The proposed legislation, titled the Emergency Influenza Containment Act (H.R. 3991), was introduced by House Education and Labor Committee leader Rep. George Miller (D-Cal.) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee leader Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Cal.).
Report Link Healthy Families Act of 2009.
Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - August 13, 2009
On May 18, 2009, Democrats in Congress introduced the Healthy Families Act of 2009. The Healthy Families Act would require any employer who employs at least fifteen people to provide employees a minimum of seven days paid sick leave to be used to care for the employee or a relative of the employee.
Report Link Paid Sick Leave Legislation Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives.
Jackson Lewis LLP - May 22, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would require all employers with 15 employees or more to provide up to seven paid sick days each year. The bill, titled the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 2460), was introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
Report Link An Employer's Guide to Employee Leave-Sharing Programs.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - September 12, 2007
A popular, and altruistic, employee benefit some employers provide is a leave-sharing program. An employer-sponsored leave-sharing program allows an employee to donate accrued hours of paid vacation, or personal and potentially sick leave for the benefit of other employees who are in need of taking more leave than they have available.

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