Requires the establishment of a paid family and medical leave insurance program by 1/1/2027; provides family and medical leave benefits covering 80% of an individual’s average weekly wages for up to 12 weeks per year for the birth, adoption, or placement of foster care of a child, caring for family member with a serious health condition, an individual’s serious health condition, and other circumstances; requires contributions by employers; provides protections and remedies; prohibits retaliation; companion to SB 1122.

Increases the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2028.

Requires employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis to accrue paid sick leave; permits paid sick leave to be used for absence due to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and prohibits an employer from requiring disclosure of the use of paid leave for these purposes; requires paid sick leave to be used in hourly increments.

Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program to provide matching funds to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of employees; companion to SB 1414. Dead" because did not advance.

Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program to provide matching funds to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of employees; companion to HB 1771. "Dead" because did not advance.

Requires the establishment of a paid family and medical leave insurance program by 1/1/2027; provides family and medical leave benefits covering 80% of an individual’s average weekly wages for up to 12 weeks per year for the birth, adoption, or placement of foster care of a child, caring for family member with a serious health condition, an individual’s serious health condition, and other circumstances; requires contributions by employers; provides protections and remedies; prohibits retaliation; companion to HB 2531. "Dead" because HB 2531 passed.

Expands access to unpaid family and medical leave; provides job-protected leave from employment for reasons related to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, bereavement, and a qualifying exigency related to active duty service by a family member in the U.S. Armed Forces; covers employers with 10 or more employees working at least 30 hours per week, for purposes of bereavement leave, safe leave, and leave for a qualifying exigency; eliminates barriers to LGBTQ+ families in accessing caregiving leave; sets 12-week time limit for unpaid leave in any given year, and notice and documentation requirements for employees requesting leave; establishes privacy protections for employees invoking safe leave rights; broadens access to short-term family leave.

Expands access to unpaid family and medical leave; provides job-protected leave from employment for reasons related to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, bereavement, and a qualifying exigency related to active duty service by a family member in the U.S. Armed Forces; eliminates barriers to LGBTQ+ families in accessing caregiving leave; sets notice and documentation requirements for employees requesting leave; sets 12 week time limit per year and privacy requirements for safe leave; broadens access to short-term family leave; establishes reporting requirement.

Requires Vermont colleges and universities to offer instate tuition for AmeriCorps members, exempts Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards from state taxes; enacts policy to provide hiring preference for AmeriCorps members for state employment vacancies, provides state education award matches; dedicates funds for AmeriCorps program development.

Increases the minimum wage to a livable wage of $18.60 per hour by 2026.