On January 1, 2020, Washington will become the fifth state to implement a mandatory paid family and medical leave program, joining California, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Oregon have enacted similar laws, but they do not take effect until 2021 or later.) In Washington, the program will be administered by the Employment Security Department (ESD), the same agency that presently administers the state's unemployment insurance program.
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