# Washington — US state paid family and medical leave (PFML) program requirements for employers

For Washington, program name is Paid Family and Medical Leave; program type is mandatory; employer size threshold is 50; job protection is yes, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **State:** Washington _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Program name:** Paid Family and Medical Leave _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Program type:** mandatory
- **Employer size threshold:** 50 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Job protection:** yes
- **Benefit duration (weeks):** 12 _(per ncsl.org, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> <https://paidleave.wa.gov/reporting/> File your quarterly report and premiums As a Washington employer, you are required to report your employees’ wages and hours and submit premiums on a quarterly basis. More tools to help you with Paid Family and Medical Leave <https://paidleave.wa.gov/small-businesses/> Small businesses: Up to 150 employees While businesses with fewer than 50 employees do not have to contribute to their employees&#8217;

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Job protection

paidleave.wa.gov says job protection is **yes**, as of 2026-08-12.

> <https://paidleave.wa.gov/reporting/> File your quarterly report and premiums As a Washington employer, you are required to report your employees’ wages and hours and submit premiums on a quarterly basis. More tools to help you with Paid Family and Medical Leave <https://paidleave.wa.gov/small-businesses/> Small businesses: Up to 150 employees While businesses with fewer than 50 employees do not have to contribute to their employees&#8217;

Source: https://paidleave.wa.gov/employers/

ncsl.org says job protection is **conditional**, as of 2026-08-12.

> Employees who have worked 820 hours within the last twelve months are eligible for paid leave, but their job is only guaranteed to be protected if they work for an employer with greater than 50 employees for at least one year and 1,250 hours in the last year.

Source: https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-family-and-medical-leave-laws


## Source

- https://paidleave.wa.gov/employers/
- https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-family-and-medical-leave-laws

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2027-02-08.
Part of [US state paid family and medical leave (PFML) program requirements for employers](https://referencesource.org/state-paid-family-medical-leave-programs/).