Paid Family Leave – California Globe

Paid Family Leave under the UI Code

August 10, 2024 2:30 amAugust 10, 2024 2:31 am

In Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 7 of the California Unemployment Insurance Code, the paid family leave program is established. Section 3300 sets forth seven legislative findings and declarations that it is in the public benefit to provide family temporary...

AB 518: Eligibility for Paid Family Leave Expanded

March 7, 2023 5:57 amMarch 7, 2023 7:00 am

Assembly Bill 518 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was introduced to expand eligibility for paid family leave. AB 518 would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 3301, 3302, and 3303. Section 1 of the bill would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Section...

Gov. Newsom Signs AB 1041: Expands Family Leave to Include Non-Family

September 30, 2022 6:37 amSeptember 30, 2022 6:41 am

On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1041, by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland). AB 1041 amends Government Code Section 12945.2 and Labor Code Section 245.5 relating to expansion of the California Family Rights Act...

New Bill Would Expand Paid Family Leave Benefits for Those Affected by Coronavirus

March 31, 2020 4:23 pm

A new Senate bill designed to give more funding to families struggling to care for children under the COVID-19 coronavirus stay-at-home orders was announced on Monday. An expansion of the Paid Family Leave program Senate Bill 943, authored by Senator...

Paid Family Leave Expansion Comes To a Vote In The State Assembly

September 9, 2019 4:24 pmSeptember 10, 2019 7:45 am

Senate Bill 135, which would increase the number of people qualified for family leave and expand the definition of who’s covered under family leave, faces a vote this week. SB 135’s language would change existing laws in a large way....