CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle's Paid Family Care Leave program; amending Sections 4.29.010, 4.29.020, 4.29.030, and 4.29.070 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) provides Paid Family Care Leave for the care of family members; and
WHEREAS, the City values all City employees and recognizes that the loss of a child at any age is devastating; and
WHEREAS, City employees who lose a child are currently ineligible for both paid family care leave and paid parental leave; and
WHEREAS, the change proposed below was first considered following the experience of City employee Rachel Alder, and her wife Erin Alder, whose daughter, Beatrice "Bea" Kathryn Alder passed away 36 hours after birth due to medical issues; and
WHEREAS, under the City's current policy, Rachel Alder did not qualify for more than three days of leave; and
WHEREAS, when an employee has lost a child, the City wants to provide access to Paid Family Care Leave; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4.29.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, enacted by Ordinance 125260, is amended as follows:
4.29.010 Definitions
Unless another meaning is clearly indicated from the context, as used in this Chapter 4.29:
"Child" means a biological, adopted, or foster child, a step child, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, who is:
1. Under 18 years of age; or
2. 18 years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.
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"Parent" means the parent of an employee or the parent of the employee's spouse/domestic partner, or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee or the employee's spouse/domestic partner when the employee or the employee's spouse/domestic partner was a ((son or a daughter)) child.
"Qualifying death" means ei...
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