ALT The Universal Paid Leave Portability Amendment Act of 2023 would allow workers in the District to receive paid family and medical leave benefits when they are between jobs, provided that they are not receiving unemployment benefits at the same time and have worked for a covered employer for part or all of the past year. Because of their health or caregiving status, these workers are often ineligible for unemployment benefits because they would not be considered “ready, willing, and able to work.” Portable paid family leave benefits would give DC workers economic stability while they care for a new child, support an ill family member, or recover from a serious health condition. And because the District’s Universal Paid Leave system is funded through tax payments in advance of benefits being allocated, the employer has already contributed the funds to cover the cost of these benefits regardless of whether the worker is still employed by the company. This legislation was first introduced