DC Law 21-264

2016 | Fair Pay, Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

The Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 provides up to: 2 weeks to care for an employee's pregnancy; 12 weeks to bond with a new child.; 12 weeks to care for a family member with a serious health condition and to care for own serious health condition, explicitly including stillbirth and miscarriage.

The duration of leave is increasing effective October 2022 to 12 weeks for parental, family care, and own serious health condition. Two weeks of prenatal leave remains the same. The definition of family member includes child, parent, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, sibling. The Insurance System is funded by employer only. The current rate is 0.62 percent of wages or of annual self-employment income but that is expected to lower to .26 percent in July 2022.

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Law 21-264