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H.R.6029 / 110th Congress

Family Fairness Act of 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 13, 2008

Family Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such Act if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer with respect to whom such leave is requested. (Eliminates the requirement, under current law, that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before the leave request.)

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Who introduced it

Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] · D–WI

Committees

  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
  • Committee on House Administration
  • Education and Workforce Committee
30 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

  2. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  6. Introduced in House

  7. Introduced in House

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