Healthy Families Act

The Healthy Families Act (S. 932) would require businesses with 15 or more employees to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to their workers. Under this bill, full-time employees would earn at least seven days of paid leave annually, while part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week would receive a prorated amount.

For citizens, this legislation means that eligible workers could take paid time off to recover from their own illnesses or to care for the medical needs of family members without losing their wages. The bill establishes these standards as a national minimum, allowing employers to offer more generous leave policies if they choose, and tasks the Department of Labor with overseeing and enforcing these new requirements.