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FMLA: District of Columbia

This guide provides an in‑depth review of District of Columbia family and medical leave requirements, including unpaid leave under the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act, paid leave under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act, and pregnancy leave and accommodation obligations.

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by Peter J. Petesch, Littler

Summary

This guide provides an in-depth review of District of Columbia family and medical leave requirements, including unpaid leave under the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act and paid leave under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act, and an overview of leave as a pregnancy accommodation.

In this guide, learn about:

  • Family and medical leave, generally
    • Same-sex marriage
  • District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act
    • Employer coverage
    • Employee eligibility
    • Purpose and length of leave
    • Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave
    • Compensation during leave
    • Use of paid time off
    • Employer notice and posting requirements
    • Employee notice and certification requirements
    • Benefits during leave
    • Reinstatement
    • Alternative employment in lieu of leave
    • Prohibited actions
    • Collective bargaining agreements
    • Recordkeeping
    • Enforcement
  • Pregnancy leave and accommodation
  • Paid family and medical leave
    • Employer coverage
    • Employee eligibility
    • Qualifying events
    • Benefit amounts
    • Nonduplication of benefits
    • Employer notice requirements
    • Employee notice requirements
    • Recordkeeping requirements
    • Prohibited acts
    • Interaction with other laws and policies
    • Enforcement
  • Interaction of leave laws
  • Future developments

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Jurisdiction: District of Columbia

Latest updates

Updated to clarify employer notice posting requirements for paid family and medical leave.

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Littler

Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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