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A comprehensive guide to the San Francisco Leave Ordinance
California has a state-wide paid family leave law that provides state-administered insurance benefits to almost all employees in the state. San Francisco’s ordinance requires that covered employers supplement those benefits for covered employees.
In this article, we discuss the San Francisco supplemental leave pay requirement.
Calculating intermittent paid family leave benefits in Washington
Washington’s paid family leave regulations provide for two types of proration calculations. The first calculation is used when an employee is approved to use bonding leave for the entire week but reports some hours worked (i.e., intermittent leave). The second calculation is to be used when the employee is only approved to use bonding leave for part of the week (i.e., the start or ending weeks of an intermittent leave).
Here’s how each is calculated.
Calculating benefits under Washington’s paid family leave law
Washington provides a paid family leave program for employees who take time away from work to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child. Calculating how much pay an employee will receive from the Washington program takes a few mathematical steps.
Here’s how it works.
Short-term disability and paid family leave in New York
New York has both a short-term disability (STD) program and paid family leave (PFL) benefits. After giving birth, a new mother can be eligible for both benefits.
Here are some other points about how STD and PFL work in New York.
2024 New York leave updates
Under New York’s paid family leave law, eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to bond with a child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, or to assist loved ones when a family member is deployed abroad on active military service.
Here are some key updates on how the law will be administered in 2024.
A guide to paid family leave and state disability insurance in California
California provides state disability insurance (SDI) and paid family leave (PFL) to eligible employees. In this article, we explore how these wage replacement programs work.
The cost of compliance for employers with paid family leave programs
Employers can save significant amounts of money and also ensure employees are paid equitably across multiple states by supplementing state benefits properly.
Designing an equitable paid family leave program
Employers can – and should – administer paid family leave programs for their employees. But the programs must be carefully designed to avoid unequal pay structures. Compliance isn’t easy, but with a robust leave program, it is possible to cut through the multi-state madness and to pay employees fairly and equitably. That's where we come in.