Sentences with phrase «paid family leave bill»

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Assembly has again passed a paid family leave bill that would allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a new child or a sick loved one.

Soon after speaking with Gotham Gazette, Klein introduced a new version of his paid family leave bill to the state Senate.

But now with major attention from media, elected officials, and advocates across the nation focused on whether New York will become the fourth state to pass a paid family leave bill, Cuomo is whipping up support for his plan.

Last year he moved a staggered minimum wage increase and a paid family leave bill through the legislature only a few months after he and his staff rebuked the idea of passing both as flights of fancy.

This week, the New York State Assembly passed a paid family leave bill.

The legislative session delivered a one - two punch for Cuomo's legacy the passage of what was billed as an increase of the minimum wage to $ 15 and what is still hailed as the strongest paid family leave bill in the nation.

In the twilight hours of Albany budget negotiations, legislators are hashing out the specifics of a paid family leave bill that would offer New Yorkers time off to care for new or ailing loved ones.

Complicating matters is that Cuomo is also seeking a paid family leave bill.

In the email, he also pointed to the paid family leave bill as another burden on businesses.

Not exact matches

Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, while Barack Obama signed not only a nearly $ 800 billion stimulus package to combat a spiraling recession but also the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and a law expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Rhode Island and New Jersey have also passed paid family leave laws, and other states have considered similar bills.

But let's not ignore the fact that if Hillary actually had left Bill she would have then been seen as the problem — yet another middle - aged woman breaking up her family for her own selfish needs and then living off her former husband's hard - earned pay.

Well, the National Organization for Women lobbied for the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, a federal bill that would have provided paid leave to new moms and Leave Act, a federal bill that would have provided paid leave to new moms and leave to new moms and dads.

But a program about my area this week on BBC Wales showed the utter devastation in my area of families living on what is now well below poverty levels, one chap said after he pays his bills electric gas water he is left with ten pound a week to buy food, and thats not unusual around me.

The budget bill also creates a 12 - week paid family leave program that begins in 2018, to be paid for with a 70 - cent deduction.

Former President Bill Clinton praised Cuomo's push for the federal government to help Puerto Rico and the work the state has done there, upstate economic development, as well as the passage of paid - family leave and the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

He is working to support a bill that would require employers to provide paid family and medical leave.

Under New York's new paid family leave law, billed as the nation's most generous, she will be able to...

«By moving to a $ 15 statewide minimum wage and enacting the strongest paid family leave policy in the nation, New York is showing the way forward on economic justice,» said Cuomo when he signed the bill in April of 2016.

The State Assembly approved a one house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

She supports paid sick days and paid family leave insurance, so that no parent has to choose between paying the bills and nursing a sick child.

Deacon favors a bill in Congress that provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -leave, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y.

Cuomo credited the labor group with several of his recent legislative successes, such as a bill that increases the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York and a paid family leave program.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, the head of the Independent Democratic Conference, introduced a bill offering 12 - weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

Cuomo earlier this year signed into law a package of bills that he called the Women's Equality Act, but paid family leave was not among them.

«There's nothing you can do to help American workers more than passing the paid - family - leave bill,» she said.

President Barack Obama issued a formal statement commending Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after the governor signed a budget bill creating a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in some parts of the state.

Legislation to create a gender - neutral paid family and medical leave program was recently reintroduced by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - NY, in an effort to urge Congress to pass the bill.

Cuomo effectively banned hydrofracking in New York in 2014, rammed through a strict gun control bill within a month of the Sandy Hook massacre, and last year pushed for a system of paid family leave and a $ 15 - per - hour statewide minimum wage.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would offer paid family and medical leave to state residents.

GOP senators have proven more disciplined, and Cuomo has cut deals with them — pushed by the IDC, and often with Democratic votes — to pass six timely budgets and major progressive bills like minimum wage hikes, a system of paid family leave, legalization of same - sex marriage and strict gun controls.

The State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

In Connecticut a paid family and medical leave bill made it through a key state legislative committee on Thursday.

Today, a bill to expand New Jersey's Paid Family Leave program was approved by the Senate Labor Committee.

While signing the bill to increase the state's minimum wage, Cuomo also signed into a law a plan that will require businesses to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave to anyone caring for an infant or a family member with a serious health condition.

The State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

The bill is Katko's alternative answer to mandatory paid family leave.

A measure to allow all workers in the state 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new baby or sick family member was approved in the New York State Assembly, and two measures gained support in the New York State Senate, but the issue fell by the wayside in the end of session rush to pass bills and adjourn for the summer.

Blue Carreker, head of Citizen Action of NY's paid family leave campaign said that her organization thinks any paid leave bill has to cover all workers and all businesses, provide 12 weeks leave, and increase the rates paid by TDI to bring it into parity with what will be paid by the family leave program.

«At a time when we have serious concerns about what is going on in Washington, DC, Governor Cuomo has proven that you can govern effectively, and advance progressive change in a unifying manner,» said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, in a statement at the time, touting Cuomo's progressive accomplishments including the passage of the state's marriage equality bill, paid family leave, and a $ 15 minimum wage, among other things.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., will stop at Sunshine's Coffee Shop on Thompson Road in DeWitt to rally voters for Deacon and talk about their support for a bill to provide paid family leave for American workers.

The Assembly, which has passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.

Katko, R - Camillus, has authored a bill that would set up a voluntary program offering paid family leave for any employee who wants to take time off to care for a newborn child or a family member.

Last year, during his re-election campaign, Cuomo said paid family leave would have to wait until after the Legislature passed a 10 - point package of bills known as the Women's Equality Act, which he had made both a centerpiece of his campaign and the scaffolding for a new political party he created to advance passage of the W.E.A.

A competing bill authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., would provide up to 12 weeks of paid family leave.

The New York State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York as Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

Bill Mulrow, chairman of Mr. Cuomo's re-election campaign, also defended the governor's progressive record, pointing to measures like a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, gun control, a ban on fracking and free college tuition at public colleges for the middle class.

THIS was also the approach taken in New Jersey by Bill Baroni, a man of great presence and eloquence who stopped outside the federal courthouse to note that he had taken risks as a Republican by bucking his party to support paid family leave, medical marijuana and marriage equality.