: Table 6
CSV| Legislation | Main Purpose |
|---|---|
| The Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (2013) | To provide up to 12 weeks of two-thirds wage replacement to workers in both large and small organizations. To be administered by a new office within the Social Security Administration; financed by payroll tax on employers and employees of 0.2%. |
| The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (2013, 2011, 2009) | To provide four weeks of paid leave among the 12 weeks of unpaid leave the FMLA offers, for federal-employee parents of new children (federal employees do not receive dedicated paid parental leave). |
| Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions (FIRST) (2009) | To award state grants to expand on or build programs to provide partial wage replacement for caregiving due to birth or adoption, or other purposes consistent with the FMLA. |
| The Family Leave Insurance Act (2009) | To establish a national fund and contract with states to establish or expand existing state systems, or piggy-back on the capacity of the Social Security Administration on state request. Would create a national paid family and medical leave insurance program, allowing for equivalent state and/or private programs. |
| The Healthy Families Act (2013, 2011, 2009) | To enact a mandate on employers of 15 or more employees to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave for use for the employee’s medical needs, those of a family member, or to address incidents of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. |
| The Working Families Flexibility Act (2012, 2009)[38] | To allow workers to request flexible work arrangements, and to require employers to consider requests (a “right to request flexibility” policy). |
| The Balancing Act of 2011 | To enact a comprehensive work-family support agenda, including FMLA expansion, child care support, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, and workplace flexibility. |