A newly enacted expansion to California’s Paid Family Leave program will help thousands of workers fulfill family caregiving responsibilities while maintaining their income. On Sept. 24, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB770, broadening the definition of family under the PFL law to allow workers to receive partial pay while caring for seriously ill siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and parents-in-law.
In 2004, California became the first state in the nation to implement a comprehensive Paid Family Leave insurance program. PFL is funded entirely by workers through paycheck deductions and provides up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off to care for a seriously ill relative or to bond with a new child. Workers can receive up to 55 percent of their weekly wage, up to a maximum of $1067 per week in 2013.
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