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Victim advocates, legislators and bereavement groups press for 10-day leave right
Summary
Survivors’ groups, legislators and nonprofits urged the committee to pass bills (H2189 / S1354 and related measures) guaranteeing up to 10 days of bereavement leave and broader protections, citing harms to low-wage and bereaved families.
Speakers including Pace McConkie Jr., policy manager for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Representative Chris Worrell, and Chaplain Clementina Sherry, president and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, urged the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development to report H 21-89 / S 13-54 favorably.
Representative Chris Worrell described the bill as “a right to bereavement leave time up to 10 days, used, consecutively and nonconsecutively within 12 months of the death of a family member.” He said employers would retain discretion over whether leave is paid or unpaid and that businesses with fewer than 25 employees would be exempt.
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