Job Protection Act
Key claim: The Job Protection Act would expand Family and Medical Leave Act protections by shortening the employment tenure requirement from 12 months to 90 days and eliminating the 50-employee exemption so that businesses of all sizes are covered.
Abstract
(HR6938 · 117th Congress) Job Protection Act This bill reduces from 12 months to 90 days the employment period required for employees (including federal employees) to become eligible for family and medical leave. Additionally, the bill makes the family and medical leave requirements applicable to all employers (currently, the requirements apply to employers with 50 or more employees). Latest action (2022-03-03): Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
[This finding represents 2 closely related documents issued 2022-03-03 (same source, same action). Related: congress:117-s-3748:introduced]
Why this matters
The proposal would broaden access to job-protected family and medical leave for newer employees and workers at small businesses, while extending FMLA obligations to employers currently outside the size threshold. It concerns eligibility for leave protections rather than establishing paid leave, and its introduced, committee-referred status means it does not change current rights or employer duties.