CEO DATELINE - D.C. may require 16 weeks of paid family leave
CEO DATELINE - D.C. may require 16 weeks of paid family leave
- October 7, 2015 |
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Walt Williams
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In a move that could affect any association with offices in Washington, D.C., the D.C. City Council has introduced a proposed policy that would require employers to provide up to 16 weeks of paid leave for workers who recently gave birth or are caring for a dying relative.
According to the Washington Post, the proposed family leave policy would be the most generous in the nation. The benefit would be paid for by a new tax on employers.
The policy is backed by the Obama administration and currently supported by a majority of Council members, the newspaper reported. However, it is far from popular with the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, which argued in a letter to the Council that the legislation would make the local business environment "dangerously uncompetitive."
"(T)here are only three other states that currently have paid family and medical leave programs and none offer a program as generous as your proposal," D.C. Chamber CEO Henry Wingo wrote. "And perhaps, more importantly, none of those programs are funded solely by the employer."
Under the proposal, the District would offer up to 16 weeks of family leave at 100 percent of pay to workers earning up to $52,000 a year, the Washington Post reported. Workers who earn more would be eligible for $1,000 per week plus 50 percent of their additional income, with a maximum of $3,000 a week.
The amount of tax levied on employers depends on what an organization's employees earn. For example, an association with executives who earn more than $150,000 would pay the equivalent of 1 percent of the salaries for each executive. The same organization would be taxed a lower rate for employees who earn less than $150,000. http://wapo.st/1RtR1AC
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