Bill > LB311

This bill adopts the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act. The key provisions are: This bill creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act, which allows covered individuals to take paid leave for reasons such as caring for a new child, a family member with a serious health condition, or the covered individual's own serious health condition. Covered individuals must have worked for a covered employer for at least 26 consecutive weeks to be eligible. The act sets maximum leave amounts, establishes a formula for calculating benefit amounts, and creates a fund financed by contributions from covered employers. The bill also includes protections for covered individuals who take leave, prohibitions on retaliation, and notification requirements for covered employers. The act is to be administered by the Commissioner of Labor.