Rep. Magaziner Introduces PTO Act to Guarantee Two Weeks of Paid Vacation for Most Workers

From policy text

“An employer shall provide each employee employed by the employer not less than 1 hour of paid annual leave for every 25 hours worked.”

From policy text

“An employer may not require, as a condition of taking paid annual leave, that an employee search for or find a replacement employee to cover the hours during which the employee is using such annual leave.”

From policy text

“An employer shall permit an employee of such employer to carry over up to 40 hours of any accrued and unused paid annual leave to the following 12-month period.”

From policy text

“A reasonable alternative time described in this subparagraph is a date other than the date the employee requested to use paid annual leave that is within 30 days of such date.”

From policy text

“with respect to a tipped employee (as defined in section 3(t) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(t))), such an employee shall be compensated, for the period that such employee is using paid annual leave, at a rate equivalent to the higher of-- (i) the Federal minimum wage; (ii) the applicable State minimum wage”

From policy text

“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”