Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

PFL provides partial wage replacement when you cannot work due to the need to care for a child, parent, spouse, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new minor child. A claim may be submitted for PFL benefits and the benefits may be payable provided the medical certificate is properly completed, establishes a need for care, and a claimant is otherwise eligible. PFL benefits are not available for an employee’s own medical condition. SDI benefits are available for that. A woman may receive up to ten (10) weeks of benefits for pregnancy/childbirth under the SDI program and an additional six weeks of benefits under the PFL program for bonding with the newborn for a total of sixteen (16) weeks of partial wage-replacement benefits (plus two more weeks for a caesarian delivery). A father is entitled to six weeks of PFL benefits for bonding as well. Both SDI and PFL require a seven calendar day non-payable waiting period. However, the required seven-day waiting period does not need to be taken seven days in a row. For example, if care were provided one day per week, the seven-day waiting period would be served over a seven-week period. PFL benefits are payable once the seven days have been served and all other eligibility criteria are met. Additionally, accrued PTO leave is used to satisfy the seven calendar day waiting period. Accrued sick leave cannot be used to satisfy this waiting period. Short-term disability (STD) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) You can be on Paid Family Leave and Short-term disability concurrently and the seven calendar day PFL waiting period will count towards the five business day STD elimination period. If eligible for PFL, the salary received under

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