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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused by your rant. Unless I am wrong, I don't think the new law requires employers that currently give more than the legally required leave, to reduce what they are offering to give only the legally required amount.

As for the hypocrisy of electeds, I would save my energy for Congressional republicans like Paul Ryan, who don't support any paid family leave or Obamacare, yet enjoy 20 weeks off plus Cadillac insurance. [/quote]

Yup. OP, please provide a source to your claim that this law prevents businesses from exceeding the city-mandated minimum. That's like saying because DC has a minimum wage, all employees in DC MUST be paid the minimum wage. [/quote]

It doesn't say that - in fact, Sec. 108(c)(2) says the exact opposite.  [/quote]

Can employers benefit from both? That is, for the period covered by the law, employees could collect the $1000/week + an employer portion to make them "whole?" [/quote]

Employers can supplement.  Problem is that the employers with better benefits are likely paying a higher tax.  If the tax is more than what they spent on benefits, they're short.  That's how pp's nanny gets paid.  This $250 million is coming from somewhere!

The only thing businesses can't do is opt out when they want to offer alternatives like flex hours or a higher benefits.  Everyone's funneled through DC government.  It's absurd that DC thinks they can do anything to stop the millions of ways to game this system.  Are they going to do anything to see if someone's parent in the Phillipines is really sick every year?  That I hired my Uncle Jed so he can pull money every year?  Crazy.

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Every social net program has weaknesses. These weaknesses are often overblown by critics, who are happy to cut all our noses off to spite our faces. 
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