What is FMLA?

• Basic protection: 12 workweeks of unpaid, job protected leave with benefits in any 12-month period (26 weeks when caring for a specified family member with a qualifying illness and injury incurred during active duty military service)

• FMLA runs concurrently with all other leaves (exception for pregnancy disability in California)

How do I know if I am eligible for FMLA?

• 12 months of service (at any time)

• 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before leave begins

When can I use FMLA?

• The birth of a child or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care,

• The care for a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition,

• A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to work, and 

• Reasons related to a family member’s service in the military, including

  • Qualifying exigency leave – leave for certain reasons related to a family member’s foreign deployment, and 

  • Military caregiver leave – leave when a family member is a current servicemember or recent veteran with a serious injury or illness.

What is CFRA?

• Basic protection: 12 weeks off work to care for themselves or their family members with a serious health condition, or to bond with a new child (by birth, adoption, or foster placement).  

How do I know if I am eligible for CFRA?

• 12 months of service (at any time)

• 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before leave begins

When can I use CFRA?

• Employee's own serious health condition

• To care for a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling with a serious health condition

• To bond with a new child (by birth, adoption, or foster placement)

• Qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of a spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States

What is PDL?

• Basic protection: An employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition is entitled to up to four months of disability leave per pregnancy.  

When can I use PDL?

• Leave can be taken before and after birth during any period of time the employee is physically unable to work because of pregnancy or a pregnancy-related condition.