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
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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
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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.
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved April 15, 1997 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 15, 1997 - 5:18 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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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
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.