"The requirement will take effect for covered contracts entered into after January 1, 2017.... [An] employee may use the leave for his or her own physical or mental illness, injury, medical condition, treatment or diagnosis as well as that of a spouse, child, parent, 'or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.' An employee may also use the leave for absences from work resulting from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking ... or to obtain additional counseling, seek relocation, seek assistance from a victim services organization or to take related legal action. The leave for domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking is available for the employee and for the employee to assist a related individual[.]"

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