Virginia
For Virginia, program name is Paid Family and Medical Leave; benefits start date is December 2028; total contribution rate is to be set by October 1, 2027; employer share is 100 percent of premium for employers with 11 or more workers; 50 percent for smaller employers; may withhold up to 50 percent from employees; employee share is up to 50 percent of premium may be withheld from employees, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Virginia verified
- Program name
- Paid Family and Medical Leave verified
- Benefits start date
- December 2028 verified
- Total contribution rate
- to be set by October 1, 2027
- Employer share
- 100 percent of premium for employers with 11 or more workers; 50 percent for smaller employers; may withhold up to 50 percent from employees
- Employee share
- up to 50 percent of premium may be withheld from employees
- Maximum weekly benefit
- 100 percent of SAWW
- Wage replacement formula
- 80 percent of workers' wages, up to a maximum benefit of 100 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks
- Medical leave duration
- 12 weeks
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency, safe leave our reading
- Program website
- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/60.2-804/
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
1 <https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB2/text/CHAP0981> Virginia ’s newly enacted program, passed in April 2026, will also begin paying benefits in December 2028. 2 Without a federal paid family and medical leave program—like the U.S.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/