HR 2732
Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act, changes the Family and Medical Leave Act to protect stay-at-home parents. Specifically, it prevents employers from charging employees for health insurance premiums if an employee takes leave to care for a newly born child and chooses not to return to work. The bill clarifies that employers cannot recoup health care premium costs paid during leave related to a child's birth. This aims to provide greater financial security for parents taking time off to care for their children.
Key provisions
- Prohibits employers from recovering health care premiums paid for employees taking leave for a child's birth.
- Clarifies that employers cannot recoup health care premium costs related to a child's birth.
- Addresses Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
- Addresses Section 104(c) of the Family and Medical Leave Act regarding notice.
- Specifically covers the birth of a son or daughter.
Who is affected
- Employers
- Employees taking family and medical leave for a child's birth
- Parents
Notable changes
- Adds a specific provision regarding employer recovery of health care premiums for leave related to a child's birth.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 2732
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to prohibit an employer from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer for an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the birth of a child, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act
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in clause (i), by striking the or
at the end;
by inserting after clause (i) the following:
the birth of a son or daughter of the employee; or
Section 104(c) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
An employer shall notify any eligible employee that takes leave for the birth of a son or daughter of the employee that the employer may not recover any premium described in paragraph (2) that the employer paid for maintaining coverage for the employee if the employee fails to return due to such birth.