Paid Family Leave[Insurance]
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Paid_Family_LeaveCalifornia's Paid Family Leave (PFL) insurance program, which is also known as the Family Temporary Disability Insurance (FTDI) program, is a law enacted in 2002 that extends unemployment disability compensation to cover individuals who Parental leave|take time off of work to care for a seriously ill family member or bond with a new minor child. Benefits equal approximately 55% of earnings and have a maximum per week.The Paid Family Leave program is administered by the State Disability Insurance (SDI) program of the Employment Development Department. Benefits commenced on July 1, 2004.The statute states that PFL must be taken concurrently with leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993|federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)[http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/Statutes/cfra.asp], both of which provide for twelve weeks of unpaid leave in a twelve-month period.The PFL insurance ! program is fully funded by employees' contributions, similar to the SDI program. |
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