HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4610

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 4, 2022.

The committee on Labor and Workforce Development to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1977) of Jessica Ann Giannino relative to use of employee earned sick time for school closings, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4610) ought to pass.

For the committee,

JOSH S. CUTLER.

        FILED ON: 2/1/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4610

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to use by caregivers of earned time for school closings.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (c) of section 148C of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (4) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-

(4) address the psychological, physical or legal effects of domestic violence as defined in subsection (g ½) of section 1 of chapter 151A, except that the definition of employee in subsection (a) will govern for purposes of this section; or

(5) care for the employee’s dependent child when said child’s school is cancelled due to weather or exigent circumstances.