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The Paid Family Leave law requires employers to provide the Paid Family Leave pamphlet only to new employees and employees who request leave to care for a seriously ill family member or bond with a new minor child. Employers are not required to provide the Paid Family Leave insurance claim forms to their employees.

Facts about Paid Family Leave:
• Provides benefits but does not provide job protection or return rights.
• Provides eligible workers partial wage replacement when taking time off work to care for parents, children, spouses, and registered domestic partners or to bond with a new minor child.
• Covers all employees who are covered by SDI (or a voluntary plan in lieu of SDI).
• Offers up to 6 weeks of benefits in a 12-month period.
• Provides benefits of approximately 55 percent of lost wages.