The number of people the program has helped could fill Lumen Field 12 times or the Tacoma Dome 48 times.
TACOMA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee and representatives from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) gathered in Tacoma on Wednesday to celebrate five years of the state’s Paid Family & Medical Leave (FMLA) program.
ESD Security Commissioner Cami Feek revealed that in its first five years, the program has officially received 1 million applications, helped 512,000 Washingtonians and dispersed $5 billion in benefits.
Washington state was the first in the nation to prop up a paid family and medical leave program that did
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