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California Paid Family Leave
In 2002, California passed a law that established the "Paid Family Leave Insurance Program." This law gives a covered employee up to six weeks of leave to take off of work in order to care for "a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new child."
September 29, 2011 /Law and Legal PR News/ -- California Paid Family Leave
In 2002, California passed a law that established the "Paid Family Leave Insurance Program." This law gives a covered employee up to six weeks of leave to take off of work in order to care for "a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new child." California workers who are covered by state disability insurance are entitled to this leave with compensation without fear of losing their jobs.
Unfortunately, those who could benefit most from the law may be the least likely to take advantage of it. Low income, immigrant, and Latino workers have been found to be less likely to know about the program, much less take the extra leave, even when their situation warrants it.
Part of the solution may be in educating employees, so that they become aware of the fact that they can take leave under these circumstances without penalties from their employers. This highlights the second problem - that low-income workers who do know about the program may fear they will lose their jobs if they use the extra leave.
After a study of California's Paid Family Leave program at the end of the first five years, the studies' authors offered three policy recommendations to improve the program. First, an effort must be made to spend more focus educating the workers who are not taking advantage of the program.
Second, the program should increase the amount of money the workers receive while they are on leave so more workers could afford to take leave, and third, the program should expand the category of workers whose jobs are protected under the law to take paid family leave. Currently, the law only protects the jobs of those who take leave who are also covered by the Family Medical Leave Act. Consequently, individuals such as those who work for small businesses or who do not otherwise fall under the FMLA do not have the protection offered by paid family leave.
Article provided by The Law Office of Joel Larabee
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