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Workplace Protections

Updated: 
October 30, 2023

What other types of issues can I use my paid time off to handle?

In addition to using your paid leave to handle certain domestic violence-related matters, you can also use your paid leave:

  • because of your physical or mental illness, injury, or medical condition;
  • to get a professional medical diagnosis or care, or preventive medical care for yourself; or
  • to care for a child, a parent, a spouse, domestic partner, or any other family member who has any of the conditions mentioned above or who has the need for diagnosis or care for a mental illness, injury, or medical condition.1

1 D.C. Code § 32–531.02(b)(1)-(3)