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Week Ending November 2, 2007

H.R.2744 To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.

Air carrier flight attendants and flight crew who want to take unpaid time off to attend to family or medical matters under a 1993 law may do so if they have been paid for o have worked 60% of the carrier’s monthly hour or trip guarantee or the equivalent if annualized over the preceding 12 months. The ‘trip guarantee’ means the number of hours for which a carrier has agreed to pay the employee in any given month regardless of the actual number of hours worked.

Sponsor:  Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY-1^st)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote October 30, 2007

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost

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