The District Employee Paid Parental, Family, and Medical Leave Amendment Act of 2025 proposes significant amendments to the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978. Key changes include a modification of the definition of "eligible employee" to require that employees have worked for at least 180 days without a break in service before being eligible for paid family or medical leave. Additionally, the bill reduces the number of paid leave workweeks for qualifying family leave events from 8 to 2. It also introduces a requirement for eligible employees to provide written notice to their personnel authority when they intend to use paid leave, and establishes a continuation of service agreement for non-probationary employees, mandating that they remain in service for 12 weeks following their leave.

Furthermore, the bill stipulates that if a probationary employee voluntarily separates from service in violation of the continuation of service agreement, they will be indebted to the District for the salary received during the leave period. This indebtedness may be treated as an erroneous payment under existing law. The Council plans to hold a hearing on this bill in the fall of 2025 to further discuss its implications, as it has been separated from the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Act for more thorough legislative review.