Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents Act

House Votes

This bill changes family leave rules so new parents who don’t return to work after having a baby don’t have to pay back the health insurance premiums their employer covered during their leave. It also makes employers tell eligible employees, when they take leave for a birth, that the employer can’t recover those premiums if the employee doesn’t come back because of the birth.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Employees taking leave for the birth of a child, and their employers.
• What changes: Employers are barred from asking employees to repay employer-paid health insurance premiums if the employee doesn’t return due to the birth; employers must give notice about this protection when the leave starts.