MOSCOW (Sputnik) – California's paid family leave benefits will go up, as the state’s Governor Jerry Brown is set to sign legislation increasing the rates, local media report. The program provides compensation for people wishing to take time off work to care for an ill family member or a newborn baby.
The legislation raising reimbursement to 70 percent of an employee’s salary will take effect in 2018, The Sacramento Bee reported on Friday.
Currently, Californians can get 55 percent of their salary reimbursed for a period of a month and a half under the state’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) insurance program, also known as the Family Temporary Disability Insurance (FTDI).
The United States is one of only two countries in the world that do not guarantee paid maternity leave. The other is Papua New Guinea.
