Senate strips personal sick time from paid family leave legislation

VT Digger: A Senate committee on Monday advanced legislation to establish a statewide paid family leave program. In the process, the panel slashed the payroll tax proposed by the House by removing a section of the bill that would let workers take time off to address personal medical issues.

The bill, H.107, modified and approved by the Senate Economic Development committee this week, would grant employees six weeks of paid leave to take care of ill family members.

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