CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2093

 

 

                    Chapter 16, Laws of 1997

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

 

 

FAMILY LEAVE--CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the House March 15, 1997

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 8, 1997

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2093  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved April 15, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 15, 1997 - 5:18 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2093

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Boldt, McMorris, Lisk, Clements and Honeyford

 

Read first time 02/20/97.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Achieving consistency between state and federal family leave requirements.   


    AN ACT Relating to achieving consistency between state and federal family leave requirements; and adding a new section to chapter 49.78 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.78 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall cease to administer and enforce this chapter beginning on the effective date of this section, and until the earlier of the following dates:

    (a) The effective date of the repeal of the federal family and medical leave act of 1993 (Act Feb. 5, 1993, P.L. 103-3, 107 Stat. 6); or

    (b) July 1st of the year following the year in which amendments to the federal family and medical leave act of 1993 (Act Feb. 5, 1993, P.L. 103-3, 107 Stat. 6) take effect that provide less family leave than is provided under RCW 49.78.030.  In determining whether the federal law provides the same or more leave, the department shall only consider whether (i) the total period of leave allowed under the amended federal law is twelve or more workweeks in a twenty-four month period, and (ii) the types of leave authorized under the amended federal law are similar to the types authorized in this chapter.

    (2) An employee's right under RCW 49.78.070(1)(b) to be returned to a workplace within twenty miles of the employee's workplace when leave commenced shall remain in effect.  The family leave required by U.S.C. 29.2612(a)(1)(A) and (B) of the federal family and medical leave act of 1993 (Act Feb. 5, 1993, P.L. 103-3, 107 Stat. 6) shall be in addition to any leave for sickness or temporary disability because of pregnancy or childbirth.  The department shall enforce this subsection under RCW 49.78.140 through 49.78.190, except that an initial notice of infraction shall state that the employer has thirty days in which to take corrective action.  No infraction or penalty may be assessed if the employer complies with the requirements of the initial notice of infraction.


    Passed the House March 15, 1997.

    Passed the Senate April 8, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 15, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 15, 1997.