DC Council to vote on generous paid leave mandate
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia lawmakers will be voting on whether to force private employers to provide the nation’s most generous paid family leave benefits.
On Tuesday, the council agreed to reduce the amount of paid time off people could take for the birth or adoption of a child from 11 weeks to 8 weeks. That would still be more time than in the other states that mandate paid leave, although New York state will begin offering 8 weeks of leave in 2018.