“The average weekly benefit payment is about $1,083,” Rowe said, “The maximum possible under the law is set at the statewide average weekly wage.”
DEED leaders said they’re pleased with what they’re seeing so far, and they planned to use the first few months of the program to continue fine-tuning internal operations.
“I think we’re going to continue to be looking to see what are the things that would require a statutory change, but… even just in these first six months, we’ve been really focused on what are the things that we can do ourselves,” Rowe said.
DEED Leaders say medical and bonding leave are the most common types of leave they approve, but that safety and caretaking leave also see a fair number of applications.
