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Lawmakers were set Tuesday, May 2, to pass a bill to create a new state program that would offer 12 weeks of family leave and 12 weeks of medical leave. It would be funded by a new payroll tax.
Under the proposal passed by the House, workers and employers would pay into a state fund that works like unemployment insurance to cover partial wages when a worker takes leave to care for a loved one, welcome a child or recover from illness.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law by the governor, a new state program would offer 12 weeks of family leave and 12 weeks of medical leave. A new payroll tax would help fund the system.
Legislation would set up state system similar to unemployment insurance with employees and employers paying into statewide pool of funds.