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This bill, known as the Job Protection Act, seeks to expand employee eligibility for leave and reduce employer requirements under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Currently, employees must work for 12 months and complete 1,250 hours of work to be eligible for leave, but this bill reduces the requirement to just 90 days of employment for both private and public sector employees, including federal workers, congressional employees, and presidential employees. Additionally, the bill changes the employer coverage threshold from companies with 50 or more employees to any employer with just 1 or more employees, significantly broadening the scope of businesses required to provide leave. The amendments will apply to any leave taken on or after the date the Act is enacted, meaning employees at smaller companies and those with shorter employment tenures will gain new protections for taking job-protected leave for family and medical reasons. These changes represent a substantial expansion of worker leave rights across various sectors of employment.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/408/all-info