DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the COVID Vaccination Leave Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (“Emergency Act”), which requires employers to provide paid leave to employees and their children for time spent obtaining and, if needed, recovering from side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine, and unpaid leave for other COVID-19 related absences. The Emergency Act took effect on November 19, 2021, though certain provisions of the law are retroactive to November 5, and is set to expire on February 3, 2022.
The Emergency Act amends the DC Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 to require all DC employers to provide eligible employees with up to two hours of paid leave for receiving an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine (including boosters) and up to eight hours of paid leave during the 24-hour period following such injection. In addition, eligible employees are permitted to take vaccination leave or vaccination recovery leave to care for their child who receives the COVID-19 vaccine (including boosters), for a total of 48 hours of leave in a year. For the purposes of the law, “child” means a child under the age of 18 who lives with the employee and for whom the employee permanently assumes and discharges parental responsibility or a foster child under the age of 18 years.
To be eligible for vaccination leave, an employee must be employed by the employer for at least 15 days before the request for leave. Employers may not require employees to provide more...
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