Pass and promote paid family and gender-neutral leave.
Pass and promote paid family and gender-neutral leave.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Trahan's official House issues page lists the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act under 'Additional Supported Legislation' on her Jobs and the Economy page.
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Congress.gov's CRS summary states that H.R.1534 would provide paid family leave for certain federal employees in FMLA-covered instances, replacing leave that was otherwise unpaid, and would require 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for family care.
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Public Law 116-92 includes Subtitle A, 'Federal Employee Paid Leave Act,' and creates '12 administrative workweeks of paid parental leave' in connection with birth or placement, effective for births or placements occurring on or after October 1, 2020.
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The FAMILY Act text says it would provide paid family and medical leave benefits, create an Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave, and entitle eligible individuals to family and medical leave insurance benefit payments for qualifying caregiving reasons.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA-3] as a cosponsor of H.R.3481, the FAMILY Act, added on April 15, 2024. The page shows the bill's status as Introduced and latest action as referral to the Subcommittee on Health on December 17, 2024.
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The Department of Labor states that the FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons, with up to 12 workweeks for birth, adoption or foster care placement, family serious health conditions, an employee's serious health condition, and certain military-related reasons.
Assessments
Trahan supported and promoted paid leave legislation, including the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, and a limited paid parental leave program for federal employees was enacted during her first House term through Public Law 116-92. That only covered federal employees and birth or placement-related parental leave, not a broad paid family and gender-neutral leave program for all workers. Her later cosponsorship of the FAMILY Act materially supported the broader promise, but that bill did not pass, and the federal baseline remains largely unpaid FMLA leave.