Plain English Breakdown
The official text confirms eligibility requires being a covered employee during 'some or all' of the preceding 52 weeks, not necessarily every week.
Universal Paid Leave Portability Amendment Act of 2025
This bill changes D.C. law to allow unemployed workers who are not receiving unemployment insurance benefits to qualify for paid leave if they were covered employees in the last year.
What This Bill Does
- Amends the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 to update eligibility rules.
- Allows individuals who have been a covered employee during some or all of the 52 weeks before taking leave to qualify for benefits even if they are currently unemployed, provided they are not receiving unemployment insurance.
- States that people getting unemployment compensation cannot receive paid leave benefits for the same time period.
Who It Names or Affects
- Workers in Washington, D.C. who were covered employees during some or all of the last 52 weeks and are currently unemployed but not receiving unemployment insurance.
- Covered employers under the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016.
Terms To Know
- Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016
- The existing D.C. law that provides paid leave benefits to workers, which this bill amends.
- Covered employee
- A worker who has been employed by a business subject to the paid leave rules during some or all of the 52 weeks before taking leave.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not take effect until approved by the Mayor, reviewed by Congress for 30 days, and published in the D.C. Register.
- Workers cannot receive both unemployment insurance and paid leave benefits at the same time.