I posted the D.C. Reg link and I'm not a lawyer. I just had to read up on it because my HR was misinformed (twice!).

Is this for DC residents, or DC employers?

Anonymous wrote:In DC FMLA medical and family leave do NOT run concurrently. You get 6 (or 8 week)s medical leave plus 16 weeks family leave.

http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Notice/DownLoad.aspx?VersionID=3687666

PP here. just to clarify up to 16 weeks medical leave are covered, but medical recovery from birth is generally 6 or 8 weeks depending on whether csection or not.

Haha, all of the lawyers pulled cites and cross posted! The ones with cites are correct, OP. UP TO 16 weeks medical plus 16 weeks family.

You are correct, the medical leave (6 for vaginal and 8 for c section typically) accrues separately from the family leave, which is 16 weeks.

This is a helpful explanation: https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/september-2011-taking-the-stand.cfm

Anonymous wrote:In DC FMLA medical and family leave do NOT run concurrently. You get 6 (or 8 week)s medical leave plus 16 weeks family leave.

http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Notice/DownLoad.aspx?VersionID=3687666

This. This explanation is also pretty helpful "The DCFMLA also guarantees up to 16 weeks of unpaid medical leave due to incapacitation as the result of pregnancy or to receive prenatal care. This leave may be taken in addition to the 16 weeks of unpaid family leave."
http://www.firstshift.org/wp-content/brochures/Pregnancy-Protections-and-Leave-DC-website-updated.pdf

Anonymous wrote:I thought FMLA was a total of 12 weeks.

Under DC fmla employeers may do up to 16 weeks.
http://www.dcejc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/FMLA-Fact-Sheet-DC-MD-VA-Eng-6.2012.pdf

In DC FMLA medical and family leave do NOT run concurrently. You get 6 (or 8 week)s medical leave plus 16 weeks family leave.

http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Notice/DownLoad.aspx?VersionID=3687666

Anonymous wrote:I thought FMLA was a total of 12 weeks.

DC is more.

Anonymous wrote:Which jurisdiction?

sorry, I see it's DC. 16 weeks total.

https://www.lawhelp.org/files/7C92C43F-9283-A7E0-5931-E57134E903FB/attachments/B2DED09B-F60E-7CD5-001B-C071AFD8DF10/205831FMLA%20Fact%20Sheet%20(Eng).pdf

There's medical leave, which you already took, and family leave, which you are presumably on now. Each is up to 16 weeks. So can be as much as 32 weeks in total.

Which jurisdiction?

I thought FMLA was a total of 12 weeks.

You get 16 weeks of job protection total.

I work for a DC-based employer with more than 50 employees and had a vaginal delivery. I've taken 6 weeks of medical leave, which I got short term disability leave for. I'm now currently taking what Aetna is calling "bonding" leave. I had planned to only take 6 weeks in addition to the 6 of medical for a total of 12 weeks but I want to take more time. How much more can I legally take and still have job protection--is it 22 weeks total (6 medical leave, 16 for bonding)? Thanks!