Washington Panel Rules In Favor Of Workers In Family Care Dispute

(February 7, 2017, 4:47 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — Washington labor officials erred in ruling that the state’s Family Care Act (FCA) applies to an employer’s disability plan only if the plan is the only way an employee can receive paid leave for illness, a state appeals court held Jan. 30 in reversing and remanding a dispute over two workers’ entitlement to disability plan benefits to care for sick family members (Rachelle Honeycutt, et al. v. The Department of Labor & Industries, et al., No. 74338-4-I, Wash. App., Div. 1, 2017 Wash. App. LEXIS 210)....

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