Service Name: CALIFORNIA STATE PAID FAMILY LEAVE FIELD OFFICE - CAL STATE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPT. (STATE DISABILITY INSURANCE APPLICATIONS)

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

• Description: Administers California State Paid Family Leave Insurance Program for California workers covered by State Disability Insurance. Paid Family Leave (PFL) insurance provides up to eight weeks of benefits for individuals who must take time off to care for a seriously ill family member (child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or registered domestic partner) or to bond with a new child (including newly fostered and adopted children). Applications available on-line or over the phone.
• Website: http://www.edd.ca.gov
• Phone(s):
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm (closed CA state holidays)
• Eligibility: California resident, covered under SDI, who must take time off to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or registered domestic partner, or to bond with a new child or with a child in connection to an adoption or foster care placement. Individual must have earned at least $300 from which SDI deductions were withheld during a previous period and a doctor must complete the medical certification for the reason for the leave.
• Requirements: Doctor must complete the medical certification of individual's disability. The certificate must include a diagnosis, beginning date of the disability, probable duration and the estimate time care is needed. An estimate of the amount of time necessary to provide care is also required.
• Areas Served:
  • Alameda United States
  • Contra Costa United States
• Categories:
  • State Disability Insurance Applications