Amount of Paid Leave Dramatically Increased Under D.C. Universal Paid Leave Law By Teresa Burke Wright on March 11, 2022 Posted in Leave, Paid family and medical leave, Paid Sick Leave, Pregnancy Due to a surplus in the District of Columbia’s Universal Paid Leave Fund, the number of weeks of paid leave available to D.C. workers under D.C.’s Universal Paid Leave Act will significantly increase on July 1, 2022. Read more here.