SF 2304: Relating to providing family and medical leave for railroad employees and providing a penalty

What it does

This bill provides that railroad employees shall be entitled to take leave, including unpaid leave, for up to days in a 12-month period because of a birth or adoption of a son or daughter or because of a serious health condition of the employee or the employee’s son or daughter, spouse, or parent. The bill provides definitions for “applicable monthly guarantee”, “commissioner”, “eligible employee”, “parent”, “railroad employer”, “serious health condition”, “son or daughter”, and “spouse”. An eligible employee is defined as a person employed for at least months by the employer and who has worked or been paid for not less than 504 hours with such employer during the previous 12-month period or has worked or been paid for not less than percent of the employee’s applicable monthly guarantee.

Senate subcommittee · named February 23, 2022

• Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; Personal Interest-Michael Walker; SMART-Transportation Division

Against: BNSF Railway Co.

In plain words

1. February 16, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Labor and Business Relations committee
2. February 23, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Green, Driscoll and T. Taylor