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Louisiana Senate will consider paid medical and family leave funded by new tax

Source: https://watchdog.org/louisiana/louisiana-senate-will-consider-paid-medical-and-family-leave-funded/article_d84f9484-6d2f-11e9-a42a-fbfe0ec9bd63.html - May 6, 2019

A Senate committee on Thursday advanced a proposal that would require Louisiana businesses to offer employees temporary paid leave to deal with family or medical issues.

Senate Bill 186 would create a fund similar to the state’s worker compensation fund that would be paid for by a new tax.

To make it work, the legislature would pass a separate bill imposing a payroll tax of 0.064 percent, with employees covering 55 percent of the cost and employers paying 45 percent. Tax bills must originate in the state House of Representatives.

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