This bill changes how certain school employees qualify for unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). It adds rules for paraprofessionals and education support staff (ESP). An employee counts as meeting the FMLA hours test if they worked at least 60% of the total monthly hours expected for their job as assigned in the previous school year. Employers must keep on file with the Secretary information showing the total monthly hours expected for each employee for each school year. The bill also directs the Secretary to provide methods for calculating leave for these employees. The bill defines who counts as a paraprofessional and as education support staff and refers to existing education law definitions for related terms.
If you are a paraprofessional or an education support staff member (for example, clerical, transportation, food services, custodial, health, technical, or skilled trades staff), you may meet the FMLA hours requirement if you worked at least 60% of the monthly hours expected for your job the prior school year. Your employer must keep records of the total monthly hours expected for your job and file that information with the Secretary. The Department (the Secretary) will issue rules on how to calculate leave for these employees.
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Sponsors introduced the measure to set clear eligibility rules so paraprofessionals and education support staff are considered for FMLA leave based on a percentage of expected monthly hours and to require employer records of those expected hours.
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