Caring for All Families Act
Congress proposes expanded job-protected leave to cover more family caregivers and school activities
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Key Points
- Expands job-protected family leave so workers can care for more people, including a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, and certain other relatives.
- Also lets workers take leave to care for someone who feels like family, even without a legal or biological relationship, if there is a close family-like bond.
- Creates a new, limited leave option for parents and grandparents to attend school or community activities and handle routine family health needs.
- Sets limits for this new leave: up to 4 hours in a 30-day period and up to 24 hours in a 12-month period, and it can be taken in small chunks.
- Applies these changes both to many private-sector workers covered by federal family leave law and to federal employees under similar rules.
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Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-671)
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Caring for All Families Act
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