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Rep. Teddy Waszak introduces H.459 to address reported interaction between paid family leave and workers’ compensation
Summary
Representative Teddy Waszak introduced H.459, a short form bill addressing reported employer practices that require employees to exhaust paid family leave and PTO before workers’ compensation, and asked the committee to consider technical language fixes and testimony from union representatives.
BURLINGTON — At the April 2 meeting of the House Committee on General and Housing, Representative Teddy Waszak introduced H.459, described as “an act relating to parental and family leave,” and summarized the bill’s intent as closing a loophole some workers have reported encountering between paid family leave and workers’ compensation.
Waszak, who identified himself as a sponsor along with Representative…
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