Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

California Paid Family Leave

Employees covered by State Disability Insurance (SDI) are also covered by Paid Family Leave insurance. You may be eligible for a portion of the Paid Family Leave (PFL) insurance benefit if you are suffering a loss of wages and meet the other PFL eligibility requirements. PFL does not provide job protection; however, in the case of pregnancy/childbirth, job protection may be available by combining PFL with Pregnancy Disability Leave. PFL is a component of State Disability Insurance and contributions are mandatory under the California Unemployment Insurance Code. If you are absent to care for a family member or to bond with a child during the first year after the birth, adoption, or placement for foster care, you may be eligible for PFL benefits. Like SDI, PFL is also an employee-funded insurance program administered by the State of California Employee Development Department (EDD). There is a seven day waiting period before benefits begin. A woman who begins CFRA leave for baby bonding need not wait seven days for PFL benefits to begin if she had been receiving SDI while on PDL or FMLA.

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