Washington Administrative Code
Title 192 - Employment Security Department
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
Chapter 192-500 - Definitions
Section 192-500-200 - Pandemic leave assistance
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 192-500-200
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) "Pandemic leave assistance" is a temporary grant authorized by the legislature that is only available for employees who:
(a)
Do not meet the eight hundred twenty hours threshold in the qualifying period
defined in
RCW
50A.05.010; and
(b) Are unable to do so due to the impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2) A pandemic leave assistance qualifying period is either:
(a) The first through fourth
completed calendar quarters of 2019; or
(b) If eligibility is not established, the
second through fourth completed calendar quarters of 2019 and first completed
calendar quarter of 2020.
(3) Pandemic leave assistance is only available for claim years beginning between January 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022.
(4) Employees who receive pandemic leave assistance are subject to all rights and responsibilities of family or medical leave taken under Title 50A RCW.
(5) Employers with employees who receive pandemic leave assistance are subject to all rights and responsibilities associated with an employee's family or medical leave under Title 50A RCW.
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