Summary: H.R.5838 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)

There is one summary for H.R.5838. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

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Introduced in House (02/10/2020)

Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

This bill provides eligible employees to up to 48 hours of additional annual family and medical leave to attend activities related to a school or community organization attended by an employee's child or grandchild. Employees may use not more than 8 hours of such leave per 30-day period and must notify employers in advance of using such leave. This leave also is available to federal employees.

Additionally, employers generally may require employees to substitute accrued vacation, personal, family, medical, or sick leave for leave available under this bill.