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SB 688: Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave

GENERAL BILL by Cruz

Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave; Creating the “Florida Family and Medical Leave Act”; requiring an employer to allow certain employees to take family and medical leave to bond with a minor child upon the child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement; prohibiting an employer from taking adverse action against an employee who requests or obtains family and medical leave; requiring that family and medical leave be taken concurrently with any leave taken under federal family and medical leave law; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to create a model notice that specifies an employee’s rights related to family and medical leave and family and medical leave insurance benefits, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
 Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/27/2021 Senate • Filed
    11/16/2021 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 43
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 42
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Commerce and Tourism

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  • SB 688, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/27/2021 at 11:35 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 656 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Fund Cruz Linked Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Commerce and Tourism Track This Bill
    H 627 Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave Nixon, Davis Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 629 Trust Funds/Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Fund/DFS Nixon Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (20)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    444.001 Page 4 (pdf)
    444.002 Page 4 (pdf)
    444.003 Page 4 (pdf)
    444.004 Page 6 (pdf)
    444.005 Page 8 (pdf)
    444.006 Page 9 (pdf)
    444.007 Page 11 (pdf)
    444.008 Page 12 (pdf)
    444.009 Page 13 (pdf)
    444.01 Page 14 (pdf)
    444.011 Page 14 (pdf)
    444.012 Page 15 (pdf)
    444.013 Page 15 (pdf)
    444.014 Page 16 (pdf)
    444.016 Page 16 (pdf)
    444.017 Page 16 (pdf)
    444.018 Page 17 (pdf)
    444.019 Page 17 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 17 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 20 (pdf)

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