BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20211214T160000Z DTEND:20211214T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Legislative Discussion-Paid Family Medical Leave DESCRIPTION:Legislative Alert! We need your input! \n\n \n\n Legislation is gaining momentum for passage in the Delaware Assembly which would spread the provision of 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all private-sector employees. \n\n Senate Bill 1 would require employers to grant 12 weeks of paid family leave for the following: \n \n To address an employee's serious health condition \n To care for family members with a serious health condition \n To bond with a new child (newborn\, foster\, and adopted children) \n To secure safety from domestic or intimate-partner violence \n To address the impact of a family member's military deployment. \n \n Note: Following the initial paid 12-week period\, eligible employees would be able to take an additional 4-week unpaid period if a second qualifying event occurs. \n\n \n\n Coverage would be provided via a state-run social insurance fund. \n\n \n Funding would be provided through payroll contributions at a rate set by the state. \n Above a certain threshold (currently business with 20 employees)\, the payroll deduction would be split between employer and employee. Below that threshold\, the payroll contribution would come solely from employees. \n The initial payroll deduction to finance the program would be 0.4% for medical leave and 0.32% for family for 2023 and 2024. In 2025 and after\, the Department of Labor would set the contribution rates via actuarial calculations. \n \n A link to download Senate Bill 1. Contact Chamber Lobbyist Joe Fitzgerald at (302) 294-2060 or fitzgeraldj@ncccc.com with input\, questions\, and concerns. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n \n \n \n \n \n

Legislative Alert! We need your input! \;
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\n Legislation is gaining momentum for passage in the Delaware Assembly which would spread the provision of 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all private-sector employees. \; \;
\n Senate Bill 1 \;would require employers to grant 12 weeks of paid family leave for the following: \;\n

To address an employee'\;s serious health condition \;
To care for family members with a serious health condition \;
To bond with a new child (newborn\, foster\, and adopted children) \;
To secure safety from domestic or intimate-partner violence \;
To address the impact of a family member'\;s military deployment. \;

\n \;Note: Following the initial paid 12-week period\, eligible employees would be able to take an additional 4-week unpaid period if a second qualifying event occurs. \;
\n \;
\n Coverage would be provided via a state-run social insurance fund. \;\n\n

Funding would be provided through payroll contributions at a rate set by the state. \;
Above a certain threshold (currently business with \;20 \;employees)\, the payroll deduction would be split between employer and employee. Below that threshold\, the payroll contribution would come solely from employees. \;
The initial payroll deduction to finance the program would be \;0.4% for medical leave and 0.32% for family \;for 2023 and 2024. In 2025 and after\, the Department of Labor would set the contribution rates via actuarial calculations. \;

\n \;A link to download \;Senate Bill 1. Contact Chamber Lobbyist Joe Fitzgerald at (302) 294-2060 or fitzgeraldj@ncccc.com with input\, questions\, and concerns.

\n LOCATION:Virtual Zoom Meeting login information will be emailed to registered attendees on December 10th. UID:e.2890.5024 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260403T183315Z URL:https://business.ncccc.com/events/details/legislative-discussion-paid-family-medical-leave-5024 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR