SAFE for Survivors Act of 2026

This bill would require employers to give each employee up to 40 work days of leave in a 12-month period to deal with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or similar acts affecting them or a family or household member, with at least 10 of those days paid. It would bar employers from firing or discriminating against workers because they are victims of such violence, and would require employers to make reasonable workplace safety accommodations unless doing so causes undue hardship. It would require employers to keep leave-related information confidential, let workers sue and the Secretary of Labor enforce the rules, and make pre-dispute arbitration agreements unenforceable for these claims. It would also let states use federal family assistance funds for short-term emergency benefits during this leave, and it updates a federal grant program on workplace responses to violence.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Patty Murray Democrat sponsor
• 10 cosponsors