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Congressman Dan Goldman Works to Expand Access to Family and Medical Leave

February 12, 2025
Updates

Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and 41 of his Democratic colleagues in introducing the ‘Caring for All Families Act’ to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This legislation would protect millions of workers who are currently unable to take time off to care for themselves or their families. Gaps in FMLA coverage leave nearly 2.6 million workers each year unable to take necessary family or medical leave, fearing job loss if they do. 

Currently only 56 percent of the workforce is protected under the FMLA. The ‘Caring for All Families Act’ would expand the FMLA definition of family to include domestic partners, parents-in-law, aunts, uncles, siblings, adult children, grandparents, grandchildren, son- or daughters-in-law, and other significant relationships. It also guarantees that parents and other family caregivers can take time off to attend a medical appointment or school function, such as a parent-teacher conference, without risk of losing their jobs.   

Congressman Goldman remains committed to fighting for policies that uplift working families. In June 2023, the Congressman cosponsored the ‘Job Protection Act,’ which would protect part-time workers and those with multiple jobs by removing the FMLA requirement that an employee must work 1,250 hours at a single workplace. It would also change the amount of time people who are transitioning jobs or returning to the workplace must have fulfilled at their previous jobs from 12 months to 90 days. 

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