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Expanded Family and Medical Leave
State: Washington
Subject: Job-Protected Leave, Family and Medical Leave
Statute/Code Cite: Wash. Rev. Code Secs. 49.78.020(7), (17).
Summary:
The state family leave law defines “family” more broadly than the federal Family and
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to enable workers to take job-protected family leave to care
for a domestic partner.
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