Section 6-B1284. GOVERNMENT FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM - ELIGIBILITY

 

1284.1To be eligible for the paid family leave program, the employee must meet the following criteria:

 

(a) The employee must not be a temporary employee appointed for less than ninety (90) days; or

 

(b) The employee must not be an intermittent employee, as defined in Section 1299;

 

(c)The employee must not have received (or been paid) paid family leave benefits for another qualifying in the twelve (12) months preceding the start date for the new qualifying event; and

 

(d) The qualifying event experienced by the employee must have occurred within twelve (12) months before the start date of the employee’s paid family leave.

 

1284.2An employee may be eligible for paid leave under this section for any of the following qualifying events:

 

(a)The birth of a child of the employee;

 

(b)The legal placement of a child with the employee (such as through adoption, guardianship, or foster care);

 

(c) The placement of a child with the employee, when the employee permanently assumes and discharges parental responsibility for that child; or

 

(d) When a family member suffers from a serious health condition, as defined in Section 1283 of this chapter that requires the employee’s care.

 

1284.3 An eligible employee shall provide proof that a qualifying event has occurred within the last twelve (12) months, or will likely occur in the next twelve (12) weeks, by submitting one (1) of the following: 

 

(a)For the birth of a child, a certificate of live birth listing the employee as a legal parent or other reliable documentation evidencing the birth of the employee’s child (unless waived by the agency);

 

(b)  For legal placement of a child, a certified copy of the court order granting the employee legal custody of the child;

 

(c) For non-legal placements of a child, two (2) official records establishing the employee as a named caregiver to the child (such as school enrollment, insurance records, or medical records); and reliable documentation as to the date when the placement occurred (such as insurance records and certificates of death); or

 

(d) For the care of a family member with a serious health condition:

 

(1) Government or other reliable documentation establishing a family relationship (including but not limited to, birth certificate, marriage license, court order, joint lease, and joint bank account statement); and

 

(2)  A completed Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member’s Serious Health Condition, on a form supplied by the personnel authority.

 

1284.4A child returning from residing away from the employee while attending an accredited college or university, summer school, or any other routine or temporary relocation, including visits with relatives or friends, shall not constitute placement with the employee under the paid family leave program.

 

 

authority

Sections 404(a) and 1201 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-604.04(a) (2014 Repl.) and §§ 1-612.01 et seq. (2014 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 7646 (May 20, 2016).