legislation: 104-hr-3837

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104-hr-3837 104 hr 3837 Battered Women's Employment Protection Act Labor and Employment 1996-07-17 1996-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. House Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] CA D R000486 18 Battered Women's Employment Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to unemployment tax to require appropriate State laws to provide for unemployment compensation for an individual separated from employment due to circumstances directly resulting from the individual's experience of domestic violence. Amends the Social Security Act to require State laws approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to provide for training for claims reviewers and hearing personnel in the nature of domestic violence, and in methods of ascertaining its existence, so that employment separations stemming from domestic violence are reliably screened, identified, and adjudicated. Requires employers subject to the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act or similar State law, employment benefits program, or collective bargaining agreement to provide leave to employees seeking temporary absences to deal with domestic violence and its aftermath. Entitles employees to use such leave to deal with domestic violence. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  

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