CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6426

 

 

                   Chapter 243, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

EMPLOYER-GRANTED LEAVE--CARE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  1/1/03

 

Passed by the Senate March 12, 2002

  YEAS 41   NAYS 4

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 8, 2002

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6426 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved March 29, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 29, 2002 - 3:38 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6426

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Winsley, Prentice, Franklin, Thibaudeau and Kohl‑Welles)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/2002.

Allowing sick leave to care for family members.    


    AN ACT Relating to use of employer-granted leave to care for family members with serious medical conditions; amending RCW 49.12.270; adding new sections to chapter 49.12 RCW; and providing an effective date.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 49.12.270 and 1988 c 236 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) If, under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy applicable to an employee, the employee is entitled to sick leave or other paid time off, then an employer shall allow an employee to use any or all of the employee's ((accrued)) choice of sick leave or other paid time off to care for:  (a) A child of the employee ((under the age of eighteen)) with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision; or (b) a spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or grandparent of the employee who has a serious health condition or an emergency condition.  An employee may not take advance leave until it has been earned.  The employee taking leave under the circumstances described in this section must comply with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement or employer policy applicable to the leave, except for any terms relating to the choice of leave.

    (2) Use of leave other than ((accrued)) sick leave or other paid time off to care for a child, spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or grandparent under the circumstances described in this section shall be governed by the terms of the appropriate collective bargaining agreement or employer policy, as applicable.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 49.12 RCW to read as follows:

    The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 49.12.270 through 49.12.295 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

    (1) "Child" means a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis who is: (a) Under eighteen years of age; or (b) eighteen years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.

    (2) "Grandparent" means a parent of a parent of an employee.

    (3) "Parent" means a biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.

    (4) "Parent-in-law" means a parent of the spouse of an employee.

    (5) "Sick leave or other paid time off" means time allowed under the terms of an appropriate collective bargaining agreement or employer policy, as applicable, to an employee for illness, vacation, and personal holiday.

    (6) "Spouse" means a husband or wife, as the case may be.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 49.12 RCW to read as follows:

    An employer shall not discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee because the employee:  (1) Has exercised, or attempted to exercise, any right provided under RCW 49.12.270 through 49.12.295; or (2) has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding under RCW 49.12.270 through 49.12.295.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  This act takes effect January 1, 2003.


    Passed the Senate March 12, 2002.

    Passed the House March 8, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 29, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2002.