Fact Sheet:
California Paid Family Leave
California Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides partial wage-replacement benets to California workers who take time
off from work for what matters most – caring for a seriously ill family member, bonding with a new child (including
newly fostered and adopted children), or participating in a qualifying military event.
Am I Eligible?
You may be eligible if you are:
• A part-or full-time employee who pays into to State Disability
Insurance (noted as “CASDI” on paystubs) and have earned
at least $300 in wages during the 12-month base period of the
claim.
• A self-employed California worker or independent contractor
who has contributed to the Disability Insurance Elective
Coverage program (edd.ca.gov/disability/Self-Employed.htm).
Your eligibility isn’t affected by:
• Length of time worked at your current job.
• Citizenship and immigration status.
What does PFL Cover?
• Bonding with a new child entering the family through birth,
adoption or foster care placement.
• Caring for a seriously ill family member (child, parent, parent-
in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or registered
domestic partner).
• Taking part in a qualifying event as a result of a family
member’s (spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, or
child) military deployment to a foreign country.
What is a Serious Health
Condition for PFL?
A serious health condition is an illness, injury, impairment, or
physical or mental condition that requires:
• At-home or in-patient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential
medical care facility.
• Continuing treatment by a physician or health care practitioner.
Unless issues arise, cosmetic treatments, the common cold,
u, earaches, upset stomachs, minor ulcers, and non-migraine
headaches do not qualify as a serious health condition.
What is Considered a
Qualifying Event?
A qualifying event is any military event or an essential need
resulting from a family member’s deployment to a foreign country.
For PFL, the military event does not have to occur in California.
Qualifying events include:
• Arranging for childcare or parental care during the deployment.
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• Assisting in making legal or nancial arrangements during the
deployment.
• Attending counseling.
• Assisting the military member during rest and recuperation
leave.
• Attending military sponsored events or ceremonies.
• Representing the military member at federal, state, or local
events.
• Addressing issues due to the military member’s death.
Rest and recuperation leave can be done anywhere if you can
provide the orders for your military family member showing the
rest and recuperation leave.
How Much are PFL Benets?
You may receive approximately 60 to 70 percent of your
paycheck. Your employer may allow you to use vacation, sick,
paid time off, or other leave along with your PFL benets for you
to receive up to 100 percent pay. You can estimate your weekly
benet amount using the Disability Insurance and PFL Calculator
(edd.ca.gov/PFL_Calculator).
Do I Have to Take the Benets all
at Once?
You can take PFL all at once or split the time over a 12-month
period. Bonding leave can only be taken within the rst 12 months
of a child entering your family.
How Do I Apply?
You can apply online or by mail.
• Visit SDI Online (edd.ca.gov/SDI_Online).
• Order a Claim for Paid Family Leave Benets (DE 2501F) form
by mail from EDD Forms and Publications (edd.ca.gov/forms).
• Call 1-877-238-4373.
Submit your claim no later than 41 days after you begin your
family leave. Do not le before your rst day of leave.
For more information on ling a claim for bonding, caregiving,
and military assistance, including the supporting documents you
need to submit, visit California PFL (edd.ca.gov/PaidFamilyLeave).
The EDD is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids
and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Requests for services, aids, and/or alternate formats need to be made
by calling 1-866-490-8879 (voice). TTY users, please call the California
Relay Service at 711.
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