Section 6-B1283. GOVERNMENT FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM - GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1283.1Eligible District government employees are entitled to up to eight (8) workweeks of paid family leave within a twelve (12) month period for a single qualifying event.  Qualifying events are described in Subsection 1284.2. 

 

1283.2For the purposes of determining the number of hours of paid family leave to which an employee may be entitled, a workweek shall be calculated as the average weekly hours paid within the preceding six (6) months, excluding overtime, or, if reliable historical data is not available, the number of hours scheduled for an employee’s typical tour of duty.

 

1283.3An eligible employee shall receive paid family leave for only one (1) qualifying event within a twelve (12) month period. 

 

1283.4For purposes of Sections 1283 through 1288, the following meanings apply:

 

(a) “Child” means a person under twenty-one (21) years of age; an individual, regardless of age, who is substantially dependent upon the employee due to physical or mental disability; or a person under twenty-three (23) years of age who is a full-time student at an accredited college or university.

 

(b) “Conditional approval” means the temporary approval of an application when the employee cannot provide the required documentary proof prior to the qualifying event, including in instances of an emergency. 

 

(c)“Eligible employee” means a District government employee, other than a temporary employee appointed for less than ninety (90) days, an intermittent employee, and any other employee who is not eligible to accrue annual leave.

 

(d)“Family member” means an individual related to the employee by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal custody (including foster care); a child who lives with the employee and for whom the employee has permanently assumed and discharges parental responsibility; and an individual with whom the employee shares or has shared, within the last year, a mutual residence and with whom the employee maintains a committed relationship.

 

(e)“Serious health condition” means a physical or mental illness, injury, or impairment that involves inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential health care facility; or continuing treatment, or supervision at home by a health care provider or other competent individual, as defined in Section 2(9) of the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act of 1990 (Act), effective October 3, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-181; D.C. Official Code § 32-501(9)). 

 

 

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).