BILL REQ. #:  S-2164.2 

READ FIRST TIME 03/02/05.   

     AN ACT Relating to the definition of sick leave under the family care act; and amending RCW 49.12.265.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 49.12.265 and 2002 c 243 s 2 are each amended 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 or adoptive 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, disability policy, or employer policy, as applicable, to an employee for illness, vacation, and personal holiday. It does not include any leave benefit granted by a short-term or long-term disability policy covered by the employment retirement income security act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 18, or by a third-party administered disability plan. Sick leave or other paid time off shall include any self-administered short-term or long-term disability plan unless the employer maintains a separate bona fide paid sick leave policy plan or practice.
     (6) "Spouse" means a husband or wife, as the case may be.