Bill > H4640

This bill proposes several key provisions: 1. Establishes a Department of Family and Medical Leave to administer a new family and medical leave program, including paying benefits to eligible individuals for reasons such as bonding with a new child, caring for a family member with a serious health condition, or addressing a qualifying military exigency. 2. Gradually increases the state's minimum wage from $11 to $15 per hour over a five-year period, and increases the minimum wage for tipped employees. 3. Establishes a sales tax holiday on a designated weekend in August each year, where no sales tax will be collected on most retail purchases. 4. Makes various other changes to the state's laws around Sunday retail sales, holiday pay for retail employees, and the administration of the state's unemployment insurance program. The bill aims to provide new job-protected family and medical leave benefits, raise the minimum wage, and create an annual sales tax holiday, with the provisions being phased in over time.

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4640