The DC Paid Leave Campaign, representing a diverse coalition of local businesses, community institutions, service providers, and advocacy organizations, strongly supports Councilmember Elissa Silverman’s “Universal Paid Leave Portability Amendment Act of 2022” (B24-0661), which would expand access to DC’s Paid Family Leave program for working families who have already earned paid leave, but who are in between jobs when they need to access that leave. This legislation is cosponsored by Councilmembers Christina Henderson, Robert White, Brianne Nadeau, Brooke Pinto, Mary Cheh, Janeese Lewis George, Charles Allen, and Trayon White.
Councilmember Mary M. Cheh is proposing changes to the DC Universal Paid Leave Act that could exclude small business from the program. Springboard Partners, one of the 8,000 companies that might be excluded under this proposal, wrote this excellent Letter to the Editor that was published by the Northwest Current.
