1213-S2 AMH CORR LEON 944

  

2SHB 1213 - H AMD 639

By Representative Corry

NOT ADOPTED 03/10/2025

On page 10, at the beginning of line 28, strike "(3)(a)" and insert "(3)(((a)))"

On page 10, beginning on line 28, after "grant" strike all material through "leave." on page 11, line 2 and insert "((of three thousand dollars if the employer hires)) to cover the employer's actual costs of hiring a temporary worker to replace an employee on family or medical leave for a period of seven days or more((.

(b) For an employee's family or medical leave, an employer may receive a grant of up to one thousand dollars as reimbursement)) or for ((significant)) additional wage-related costs due to the employee's leave.

(((c) An employer may receive a grant under (a) or (b) of this subsection, but not both, except that an employer who received a grant under (b) of this subsection may receive a grant of the difference between the grant awarded under (b) of this subsection and three thousand dollars if the employee on leave extended the leave beyond the leave initially planned and the employer hired a temporary

worker for the employee on leave.))"

On page 11, line 8, after "or" strike "significant" and insert "((significant))"

On page 11, beginning on line 26, after "grant" strike all material through "significant" on line 29 and insert "to cover the employer's actual costs of hiring a temporary worker to replace an employee on family or medical leave for a period of seven days or more or for"

On page 12, line 30, after "account" insert ", except the grants under RCW 50A.24.010 and section 8(2) of this act must be paid from monies appropriated from the state general fund"

EFFECT: Requires grants for both categories of employers, including those with fewer than 50 employees and those with 50 to 150 employees, to cover the actual costs of hiring temporary workers for seven days or more or for additional wage-related costs due to the employee's leave (rather than providing grants at fixed amounts of either $3,000 or $1,000 depending on the circumstances, and rather than limiting certain grants to circumstances involving significant costs). Requires these grants to be paid from an appropriation from the General Fund, rather than from the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Account.

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