This bill changes the Family and Medical Leave Act so that if a worker takes leave for the birth of a child and then does not return to work because of that birth, the employer cannot ask the worker to pay back the employer’s share of the worker’s health insurance costs. It also requires employers to tell any eligible employee who takes leave for a birth that the employer cannot recover those health insurance costs if the employee doesn’t return because of the birth.

Key points

• Who is affected: Employees taking family leave for the birth of a child and employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• What changes: Employers would be barred from reclaiming the employer-paid part of health insurance if the worker doesn’t return due to the birth; employers must give clear notice of this protection to those employees.