White Paper

Requirements on Employers to Provide Unpaid Leave in Washington D.C.

 
The District of Columbia (“D.C.”) is on the precipice of change. In another attempt to protect workers without sufficiently taking into account impact on local businesses, lawmakers in D.C. are considering the Universal Paid Leave Act, a bill that would create a tax on employers to support additional paid leave for employees. D.C. already requires some mandatory paid leave for all D.C. employers under the Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008, as amended. Employers have historically been required to provide unpaid leave under a D.C. version of the Family and Medical Leave Act in effect since 1990 and a separate Parental Leave Act from 1994 aimed at allowing employees to attend school-related activities of a child. The pending Universal Paid Leave Act would substantially expand the amount of paid leave required to be provided by employers and dramatically change the payment framework. Here is what business owners and human resources leadership need to know.

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Carter DeLorme is a Partner with Jones Day. He defends companies, in both bench and jury trials, against equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, trade secret, and restrictive covenant claims. Mr. DeLorme also counsels employers regarding emerging trends in both federal and state legal compliance, with particular emphasis on employee paid and unpaid leave requirements.

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Carter DeLorme

Carter DeLorme

Jones Day

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Faculty

Carter DeLorme

Carter DeLorme

Jones Day

  • Partner with Jones Day
  • Defends companies, in both bench and jury trials, against equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, trade secret, and restrictive covenant claims
  • Counsels employers regarding emerging trends in both federal and state legal compliance, with particular emphasis on employee paid and unpaid leave requirements
  • Named a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer from 2013 to 2016
  • J.D. degree, Georgetown University; B.A. degree, University of Pennsylvania
  • Can be contacted at 202-879-4643 or [email protected]

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