ND HB1460

Establishes a paid family medical leave program administered by the labor commissioner, with contributions beginning July 1, 2024, and employee withdrawals beginning July 1, 2025.

Requires employees to contribute six cents per ten dollars of wages earned, though employers may contribute all or part of this amount on behalf of participating employees; sole proprietors and independent contractors may also participate.

Provides up to twelve calendar weeks of paid leave per calendar year at sixty-six percent of average weekly wages (maximum $1,000 per week) for eligible events including serious health conditions, child birth/adoption/foster care, and domestic violence/sexual assault situations.

Grants employers a tax credit equal to twenty percent of contributions paid to the paid family medical leave fund on behalf of eligible employees during the taxable year.

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the general fund to the paid family medical leave fund for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, with repayment to the general fund over twenty years.