The Job Protection Act would significantly expand protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by reducing the employment tenure requirement from 12 months to 90 days for workers seeking leave. The bill also lowers the employer threshold from 50 or more employees to just one employee, meaning that even small businesses would be required to provide leave to eligible workers. These changes would apply to private sector employees as well as federal, presidential, and congressional employees. The expanded protections take effect upon the bill's enactment and apply to all leave requested after that date. In essence, the legislation broadens access to job-protected leave for millions of workers while dramatically expanding the number of employers subject to these requirements.
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