Core Provisions: This Act would expand the FMLA by applying the statute to employers of at least 25 employees (rather than the current 50-employee threshold), including domestic violence as a reason to take FMLA leave, and creating an employee entitlement to a total of 24 hours of leave during any 12-month period for a parent to “participate in an academic activity” of a child. The Act would also create a grant program to be administered by the states for providing income replacement to new parents for not less than six weeks during any 12-month period.

Status: H.R.1369 was introduced by Rep. Maloney (D-NY) on March 7, 2007 and referred to several House Committees. The House Education and Labor Committee referred the bill to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on June 27, 2007. H.R.1369 has one co-sponsor.