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Posted on: 10/15/15 3:06 PM ET
OK--my daughter is due to give birth the end of November. She has just realized she will only have 6 weeks of disability with the baby until she has to go back to work. Her boss gave her some pamphlets on the family Leave and said that since it will be the slower time of year at her work, she may want to consider that.
So, I tried reading the pamphlets and with my menopause head just wasn't "getting it"So can anyone advise on this in the state of California? Or does it matter?
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Posted on: 10/15/15 3:32 PM ET
I found two links that seem to have a lot of detailed info. about this family leave act. It seems to function a bit similarly to disability, i.e. when a person is getting disability payment while on leave due to illness/injury.

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dot gov link to the law itself



I'm sorry, you had asked for an overview of what it was or how it functioned, and I just stuck some links in here.

I'm not in CA, but from reading over it, basically, she'd be eligible for 6 weeks off work, while receiving partial pay in a percentage of her base salary. She would fill out an application form to become eligible. Here's a chart showing what she'd receive. She'd want to go here to print an application (edd.ca.gov).
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Posted on: 10/15/15 4:44 PM ET
She will get six weeks pay if it's a regular birth, eight weeks if it's a c-section. The pay is based upon her current salary. There are charts on the state website. If she goes on the family leave act, it's a separate program. She is guaranteed a total of twelve weeks between the two. Not sure about the pay on the family leave act.

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Applications can be done on the internet. They no longer have offices, just phone numbers. It's a major PITA and will teach her how to use lots of inappropriate language.
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Posted on: 10/15/15 4:47 PM ET
Well, it's PFL -- Paid Family Leave. So it definitely has been designed to provide pay. There was a chart there that showed how much.

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Posted on: 10/15/15 9:39 PM ET
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Hey Mastdenman

Boy you are right about the PITA...on I just hate those now push #2 if you -----push #5 for-----. I got a good LOL out of it.

Congratulation on the new grand-baby.

I feel her pain of having to fill out all that paper work and try and find a human to talk to. Having the baby will probably be easier than filling out the paperwork.

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Posted on: 10/16/15 1:55 AM ET
I am absolutely appalled that a woman anywhere only gets 6-8 weeks of paid leave after giving birth.

In Canada, I am not up to date on the exact number of weeks, but it is close to one year paid maternity leave and some of that can be shared with Dad, so he can take leave too.
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Posted on: 10/16/15 3:33 AM ET
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I am absolutely appalled that a woman anywhere only gets 6-8 weeks of paid leave after giving birth.

In Canada, I am not up to date on the exact number of weeks, but it is close to one year paid maternity leave and some of that can be shared with Dad, so he can take leave too.

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Posted on: 10/16/15 10:05 AM ET
From what I remember (and my DS is now 13), I got 8 weeks paid as short term disability through my employer (eta, I had a C-Section). I took an additional 4 weeks off unpaid via FMLA. FMLA is the Family Medical Leave Act which only guarantees you a position of similar pay when you return. They can, in fact, put you in a new position when you return. My company, although large, was not a "fan" of maternity leave and quietly made it known with new assignments, slower career growth etc. However, they hired me when I was 5 months pregnant and told them I was. Go figure...

If you work for a company that does not offer short term disability, you can still take time off but completely unpaid I think or use vacation/sick time. There's another but, if the company is less than 50 people, they are not subject to the FMLA law and do not need to save you a job for the 12 weeks.

I don't know anything specific about CA laws.

Our maternity leave policies in the US suck!!! Honestly, it's part of the reason I only have one child.
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Posted on: 10/16/15 11:18 AM ET
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Most women in the US get no paid maternity leave, unless they use sick/vacation leave or have short term disability that includes maternity which pays 6-8 weeks max usually. If they work for an employer with more than 50 employees they have up to 12 unpaid weeks.


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Posted on: 10/16/15 2:36 PM ET
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Right! Technically what I took, and most women take, is Short Term Disability due to the recovery from pregnancy. It's not in the sense maternity leave, even though that's what everyone calls it. That's why it varies from 6 to 8 weeks. Six is for a vaginal birth and 8 is for a C-Section and the weeks allowed are based on what your doctor determines.

And as I said, if you're lucky enough to work for a company that offers short term disability in it's benefits, you get paid for those weeks. Sometimes, it's only for partial wages, and in the instance of my new company, you are required to use up to 2 weeks vacation before your disability kicks in.

Your time off, pay, etc are all really based on your company's policies. The only thing that is the law is FMLA and as has been discussed only applies to companies of 50 or more employees.

eta...I read the links people provided and that is awesome that CA has done that! It's wonderful for people who aren't offered short term disability through work.

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