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Puddy99
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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California
I am an employee in the state of California. My parent company is headquartered in Boston (where the HR dept. resides). I am 30 weeks pregnant and have many questions regarding maternity leave however I feel that my employer has zero knowledge on PDL, CFRA and PFL and has been largely unhelpful and extremely negligent in getting back to me in what I consider to be an appropriate amount of time. This has made trying to find out information extremely difficult--I've done most of the research on my own and I believe that some of their information (what little they have provided) is incorrect. They do have a policy of 8 weeks paid at 50%. I enlightened them to the fact that in CA, I am eligible for up to 28 weeks maternity leave and that I would like to utilize the new PFL act after my paid maternity leave through them expires. They have told me that I cannot utilize the PFL Act after my paid maternity leave. I believe that to be incorrect according to the description of the law. From my research, I should qualify for Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) up to 4 months and FMLA (to run concurrent with PDL) at 12 weeks. During this time, my company's payment policy would be in effect for 8 weeks. When PDL runs out, I should be able to apply for CFRA and during that, I should be able to apply for PFL. Does this sound correct? I am also wondering if I should apply for SDI insurance in CA and use that instead of using my company's maternity policy? SDI insurance is paid on a regular basis whereas my employer's policy is to withold all payment until employee is back at work for two weeks. This could be financially crippling if I plan on using the above acts to extend my leave. Any light you could shed on the above would be helpful as I'm getting nowhere with my employer at this time.
I am an employee in the state of California. My parent company is headquartered in Boston (where the HR dept. resides). I am 30 weeks pregnant and have many questions regarding maternity leave however I feel that my employer has zero knowledge on PDL, CFRA and PFL and has been largely unhelpful and extremely negligent in getting back to me in what I consider to be an appropriate amount of time. This has made trying to find out information extremely difficult--I've done most of the research on my own and I believe that some of their information (what little they have provided) is incorrect. They do have a policy of 8 weeks paid at 50%. I enlightened them to the fact that in CA, I am eligible for up to 28 weeks maternity leave and that I would like to utilize the new PFL act after my paid maternity leave through them expires. They have told me that I cannot utilize the PFL Act after my paid maternity leave. I believe that to be incorrect according to the description of the law. From my research, I should qualify for Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) up to 4 months and FMLA (to run concurrent with PDL) at 12 weeks. During this time, my company's payment policy would be in effect for 8 weeks. When PDL runs out, I should be able to apply for CFRA and during that, I should be able to apply for PFL. Does this sound correct? I am also wondering if I should apply for SDI insurance in CA and use that instead of using my company's maternity policy? SDI insurance is paid on a regular basis whereas my employer's policy is to withold all payment until employee is back at work for two weeks. This could be financially crippling if I plan on using the above acts to extend my leave. Any light you could shed on the above would be helpful as I'm getting nowhere with my employer at this time.