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Committee hears divided testimony on expanding job protection in Paid Family and Medical Leave
Summary
Senate Bill 5539 would expand job protection for workers who take Paid Family and Medical Leave; supporters said the change reduces inequities for low-wage workers, while business groups warned of costs to small employers and program solvency concerns.
Senate Bill 55 39, which would expand job-protection provisions in the state's Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program, was the subject of extensive testimony Tuesday before the Labor & Commerce Committee.
Committee staff summarized the proposal and said it would reduce the minimum claim period from 8 to 4 hours, remove the employer-size threshold for employment protection, and generally extend employment protection to more workers by replacing the existing hourly- and tenure-based thresholds with a 90-day…
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