Washington workers can soon access paid family leave benefit
OLYMPIA — Employees in Washington can soon start applying for time off under the state’s paid family leave law.
Kate Ginn, a 33-year-old project manager for a non-profit in Tacoma, is among those ready to submit her paperwork on Thursday ahead of the birth of her first child in late January. While Thursday is the first day eligible employees can apply for the program, benefits will be retroactive to Jan. 1, when the benefit portion of the new law technically takes effect.
Ginn, whose husband is in graduate school full time, said that the new benefit was instrumental in their planning on when to start their family.
“It’s been a lot less stressful as we prepare for that time, knowing I can take the full three months off and not have to rush back to work,” she said.
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