PTO Act
Rep. Magaziner Introduces PTO Act to Guarantee Two Weeks of Paid Vacation for Most Workers
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Small business owners with even one employee working 20 or more weeks per year would be required to provide up to 80 hours of paid leave per worker annually. This would be a new cost burden, particularly for businesses with thin margins that don't currently offer paid vacation. They would also need to set up tracking systems for leave accrual and comply with notice and recordkeeping requirements.
“means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 1 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding year”
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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PTO Act
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