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 non-probationary employees to enter into a continuation of service agreement, mandating that they remain in their positions for 12 weeks following the use of paid leave.

Furthermore, the bill stipulates that eligible employees must provide written notice to their personnel authority when they intend to use paid leave, with specific guidelines on the timing and content of such notifications. It also establishes that probationary employees who voluntarily separate from their positions in violation of the continuation of service agreement will owe the District for the salary received during their leave period. The Council plans to hold a hearing on this bill in the fall of 2025 to further discuss its implications.