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HR 2564 111th Congress House

Paid Vacation Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees.

Introduced: July 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Oct 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 21, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 22, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Paid Vacation Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require: (1) upon enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period; and (2) beginning three years after enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 50 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and each employer that employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee two weeks paid vacation during each 12-month period, beginning on the employee's first anniversary of employment.

Requires an employee to provide the employer not less than 30 days' prior notice of his or her intent to take paid vacation, including the date the paid vacation will begin.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct: (1) a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to paid leave under the Act; and (2) a study on workplace productivity and the effect of paid leave on such productivity.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2564: Paid Vacation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2564/
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"H.R. 2564: Paid Vacation Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2564/.
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H.R. 2564, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2564/.
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