HB 5 Summary

• Establishes a family leave insurance program administered by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, funded through employer and employee contributions based on temporary disability insurance contribution rates.

• Extends family leave from 4 weeks to 16 weeks per calendar year for covered individuals, including leave for childbirth, adoption, foster placement, and caring for family members with serious health conditions.

• Expands eligibility to all employers with one or more employees (reduced from 100+ employees), and allows self-employed individuals to elect coverage for minimum 3-year periods with option to withdraw after initial period.

• Provides paid family leave benefits with weekly amounts ranging from 50-90% of average weekly wage depending on wage level, with maximum weekly benefit of $1,000; unemployed individuals who recently worked qualify for benefits under specified circumstances.

• Appropriates $300,000 for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 to hire staff for program administration; requires department to submit annual reports to legislature and conduct public outreach in multiple languages.