State plan: Provides a baseline of benefits that all covered employers must offer.

State-approved private plans: Option to offer an approved private plan that meets or exceeds state benefits.

PML: Employee's own serious health condition.

PFL: Caring for a family member, child bereavement (up to 7 days), bonding and qualifying exigency.

If an employee meets certain tenure and hours-worked requirements in the 12 months just before leave:

State plan:

• Minimum tenure: 12 months.
• Minimum hours worked: 1,250.

Provisions only apply if the employer has 50+ employees in the state of Washington.

Private plans:

• Minimum tenure: 9 months.
• Minimum hours worked: 965.

Benefit percentage: Up to 90% of income on a sliding scale.

Maximum weekly benefit: $1,542.

Waiting period: 7 calendar days (excluding child bonding, post-natal medical leave and qualifying exigency).

Maximum duration:

• PML — 12 weeks total paid leave in a 52-week period.
• PFL — 12 weeks (14 weeks for a pregnancy that results in incapacity) in a 52-week period.
• Bereavement — limited to 7 calendar days following the death of a child within 12 months of birth or placement.

Combined — 16 weeks (18 weeks for a pregnancy that results in incapacity).

Total PFML cost is 0.92% of an employee's gross wages capped at the annual Social Security Maximum of $176,100.

Employee Contribution: 0.6580%.

Employer Contribution: 0.2620%.

• Employer may elect to pay all or part of the employee contribution.
• Employers with fewer than 50 employees are not required to pay the employer portion of the premiums. These rates are applicable to the state programs.
• Private carriers can set their own rates; however, employers are required to fund any additional cost of a private plan above the employee maximum contribution limits.