Labor

This bill requires employers to provide unpaid leave for employees whose children are hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit. The amount of leave depends on company size, with businesses having 16 to 50 employees offering up to 10 days and larger companies offering up to 20 days. Employees can take this time continuously or in smaller increments, and they will be reinstated to their original job with benefits maintained after the leave ends. The law also prohibits discrimination against workers for using this leave and allows employers to request basic verification of the child's hospital stay without asking for private medical details.

Clarifies that leases entered into by the commissioner of general services shall be subject to prevailing wage requirements for public work; requires prevailing wage for leasehold or capital improvements in such leases.

Requires an employer to provide sick leave to an employee who telecommutes at the same rate and under the same conditions that an employee present at the employer's work site would accrue it.

Authorizes the commissioner of labor and the workers' compensation board to issue stop-work orders; establishes procedure for the issuance of such orders; establishes penalties for failure to comply with such orders.

Increases the amount of credit to be certified under the federal public service loan forgiveness program for faculty or teachers to five hours worked for each hour of lecture or classroom time.