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Subcommittee narrows paid family leave eligibility to employees who earn leave, approves amendment
Summary
The Senate Finance subcommittee approved an amendment to S.11 to change the definition of eligible state employees for the state's paid family leave program so that time‑limited full‑time workers who accrue leave qualify; the bill, as amended, received a favorable report to the full committee.
The Senate Finance Committee sales and income tax subcommittee voted to adopt an amendment and gave a favorable report to S.11, a bill that changes who qualifies as an eligible state employee under the state's paid family leave law.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Jackson and Sen. Davis, would revise the statute's definition of eligible state employee to include “any person employed full time by this state, its departments, agencies, or institutions, including any person employed full time by a four‑year or postgraduate institution of higher education,…
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