Paid Vacation: Guaranteed Time Off for Workers
A senate committee must act next: committee consideration.
While this policy is popular with many workers, it faces strong opposition from business groups and lacks the broad support needed to pass a divided Senate.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
The bill defines a covered employer as anyone with just 1 or more employees working 20 or more weeks a year, meaning nearly all small businesses would have to start tracking leave accrual, pay out unused leave when workers leave, and set up notice and recordkeeping systems. This adds new payroll costs and administrative work, especially for businesses that currently offer no paid vacation at all.
“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”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act
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