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2019 SESSION
HB 2120 Paid Family and Medical Leave Program; established, financing through payroll taxes.
Introduced by: Jennifer Carroll Foy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2022. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning in 2021. The amount of a benefit is 70 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed $850 per week, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. Self-employed individuals are provided the option of participating in the program. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104078D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/15/19 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/29/19 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 House: Left in Commerce and Labor