Make paid family sick leave bill permanent

If reelected, Deb Fischer says she wants to make permanent the paid family sick leave bill she and Sen. Angus King support. She says it would let hourly workers take time off for needs such as visiting a child’s school or taking an elderly parent to a doctor, and is aimed at helping small businesses as well as workers.

Context: The passage does not give the bill’s leave amount, eligibility rules, or how the leave would be funded.

In their own words

making her and Maine Sen. Angus King's paid family sick leave bill aimed to help hourly workers and small businesses permanent law.

The source

Deb Fischer: 2024 Senate reelection priorities interview

Published: 10/14/2024
Retrieved: 11/11/2026