Most California workers are now eligible to
take up to 6 weeks a year of paid family leave through the State Disability
Insurance Program (SDI).
California Paid Family Leave site>>>Click
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Paid Family Leave in California: New Research
Findings
By Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum
California made history when the nations
first comprehensive paid family leave (PFL) program was signed into
law by former governor Gray Davis on September 23, 2002. Benefits provided
by this pioneering legislation will be available to most working Californians
starting on July 1, 2004.>>>
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the Research
~NEWS FLASH~WASHINGTON PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM PASSES!
Despite intense opposition by business organizations, the Senate passed
Paid Family Leave on Sunday, April 22, 2007, the last day of the session.
The Governor has 20 days to sign SB 5659 into law.
SB 5659 Family Leave Insurance
As adopted, SB 5659 provides for up to 5 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn or
newly adopted child. Benefits would be $250 per week with a one-week waiting period, pro-rated for part-time. All workers who work 680 hours in previous year are eligible regardless of company size. Workers in companies with more than 25 employees would also have job protection. Benefits will begin in October 2009.
During the session, the bill was amended in the Senate and the House. It no longer
covers the care of a seriously ill family member or a worker's own illness. Funding for
the program is temporarily loaned from the supplemental pension fund, with a taskforce to recommend permanent funding options by the end of this year.
View the bill (SB 5659) that was delivered to the Governor
Contact for the WA paid leave coalition: Marilyn Watkins, EOI, marilyn@eoionline.org, or visit the Economic Opportunity Institute.
Wisconsin employees covered by and eligible for the
state's family and medical leave law may elect to substitute any type
of accrued paid leave for the job-protected leave specified under the
law
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Things That Could Happen to You if You Didn't Have Paid Sick Days
- a publication of 9to5, National Association of Working Women provides
real-life experiences of workers who do not have paid sick days
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