Extends family and job protections to part-time workers after 90 days of employment.
This bill would make it easier for part-time workers to take family and medical leave by letting them qualify after just 90 days. It would also stop employers from treating part-time staff unfairly because of their hours and require employers to offer more work to current employees before hiring new ones.
Today, workers generally need to work for 12 months and 1,250 hours to qualify for family and medical leave. There are no federal rules against treating part-time workers differently based on their hours or requiring employers to offer more hours to current staff. After this bill, workers would qualify for family and medical leave after just 90 days. Employers with more than 15 employees would be banned from discriminating against part-time or temporary workers and would have to offer available hours to current staff before hiring new people.
S 3547 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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