Travel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel TipsTravel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel TipsTravel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel Tips
  • Home
  • Travel-News
  • Travel Tips
  • Exclusive Stories
  • NRI News
  • Explore India
  • FAQs
Font ResizerAa
Travel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel TipsTravel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel Tips
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Travel-News
  • Travel Tips
  • Exclusive Stories
  • NRI News
  • Explore India
  • FAQs
Search
  • Home
  • Travel-News
  • Travel Tips
  • Exclusive Stories
  • NRI News
  • Explore India
  • FAQs
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
California’s Paid Family Leave Act Benefits, California news, life in California
News

California’s Paid Family Leave Act Entitles Residents to 6-week Paid Leave for Ill Family Members

indianeagle
2019-07-07

Good news for the working Indians in California! The residents of California are now entitled to 6 weeks of paid leave a year to look after a seriously ill parent, spouse, child, grandparent, parent-in-law, or sibling in the United States, India, or any other country. Also, they can take the paid leave to care for a registered domestic partner as per California’s Employment Development Department. All thanks to California’s Paid Family Leave Act for the working residents.

California’s Paid Family Leave Act Benefits, California news, life in California

California’s Paid Family Leave Act entitles the working residents, irrespective of nationality, religion and immigration status, to receive 60-70% of their salaries while they are on leave to care for a seriously ill family member residing in the US or abroad. It ranges from $50 (minimum) to $1,216 (maximum) a week based on their salaries.

Immigrants in California, including Indians can benefit from paid family leave as long as they have paid into the system through a payroll tax with the code CASDI (State Disability Insurance in California), according to Kacie Finnicum, a spokesperson of the Employment Development Department. Approximately 18 million working residents of the state are eligible for paid family leave under the provisions of California’s Paid Family Leave Act.

Eligibility Criteria for California’s Paid Family Leave Act Benefits

To qualify for California’s Paid Family Leave Act benefits, you must be the primary caregiver for a seriously ill family member. One’s family member may have more than one caregiver, but only the primary caregiver residing and working in California is eligible for paid family leave.

You need to obtain a letter from the care recipient certifying you as primary caregiver and a medical certificate from his or her physician or health care practitioner. Physicians attending to care recipients residing outside the United States are required to meet certain qualification standards as per the US Employee Development Department (EDD) so that they can provide primary caregivers with medical certification to help the latter get paid family leave benefits.

Also Check: California’s Human Calculator is an Indian American Girl

As per California’s Paid Family Leave Act, you need to ensure that a care recipient is a family member having a serious health condition which is defined as a severe physical ailment or mental illness or accidental injury requiring at-home care or in-patient care at a hospital. A care recipient is also defined as one requiring a long-term treatment from a physician or health care practitioner.

To be eligible for paid family leave benefits, you must have paid towards the State Disability Insurance in the past 5 to 18 months, and you need to furnish a valid proof of your contribution. At the same time, you must not have taken 6 weeks of paid leave in the past twelve months.

Also Check: Google’s Indian Restaurant among the Best in Bay Area

Best of California’s Paid Family Leave Act

What is the best about California’s Paid Family Leave Act is that working parents residing in California can take up to six weeks of paid family leave to bond with and look after their newborn. It helps decrease infant mortality and post-natal depression. You can use paid family leave benefits to catch up with or care for an adoptive or foster parent in or outside the USA.

You can take paid family leave in several shorter durations over the course of a year, instead of taking all 6 weeks at once.

Though effective from January 2017, California’s Paid Family Leave Act is an under-utilized program which the state’s working residents are paying for and which mostly immigrant communities are a little aware of. We at Indian Eagle, a leading travel booking partner of Indians in USA, not only strive to book cheap US to India flights but keep Indians in America updated about the latest immigration, visa, travel and community news.

Schedule of PM Modi’s Meeting with Tech Entrepreneurs & CEOs in California
3 Indian American Teens Win Top Prizes in 2018 National Geographic Bee Competition
USA to Reject H1B Visa Applications without Definite Employment Commencement Date
End of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Puts 7000 Indians on Verge of Deportation from USA
Success Story of Dr Frank Islam: An Inspirational Journey from Azamgarh to America
TAGGED:CaliforniaNews for NRIsUnited States
2 Comments
  • ashok says:
    2021-05-10 at 1:51 pm

    “hysicians attending to care recipients residing outside the United States are required to meet certain qualification standards as per the US Employee Development Department (EDD) so that they can provide primary caregivers with medical certification “..The EDD requires physicians to register and the regiteration has SSN /Driving License Physician ID as mandatory fields. If the phyisican is praciticisng in India how will he register without having SSN/DL and LicenseId from US

    Reply
  • Harry Greenwood says:
    2021-11-26 at 3:36 pm

    To qualify for California’s Paid Family Leave Act benefits, you must be the primary caregiver for a seriously ill family member. Thanks for the post.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Find Us on Socials

Who is Varun Mohan, Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, Google DeepMind Varun Mohan, Google Vs OpenAI - Varun Mohan
Who is Varun Mohan? Windsurf CEO who Rejected OpenAI’s $3bn Offer to Join Google for $2.4bn
News
richest Indian Americans, Indian billionaires in America, richest Indian immigrant CEOs USA, Jay Chaudhry net value, richest Indian American CEO
Forbes 2025 List of Richest Immigrants USA has 12 Indian American Billionaires with Total Net Value $55bn
Features
US re-entry experience, CBP scrutiny at US airports, carrying gold to USA from abroad, US customs duty on valuables above $800
“My US Re-entry Experience is Insightful for You,” Shares Indian American KrishnaKumar Podagatlapalli
Travel Stories
US Visa integrity fee for non-immigrants, US DHS news, US visa news for Indians
USA Brings Visa Integrity Fee for Nonimmigrants Including Indians: Check if $250 is Waivable or Refundable
News

More Such Stories for You

Billionaire John Kapoor USA, Insys Therapeutics founder, John Kapoor Opioid USA
News

Indian-origin Billionaire John Kapoor Convicted in a Case of USA’s Opioid Epidemic

5 Min Read
DALCA kids USA, US immigration news, Indian Americans green card, latest USA news
News

Indian Americans Offer to Raise $25 Billion for Mexico Border Wall to Woo Trump for Green Cards

4 Min Read
Donald Trump news, US immigration news, illegal immigration to USA, donkey routes, Trump's second term, US citizenship by birth,
News

Trump’s Return to Oval Office: A Bane or Boon for Indians in Green Card Limbo, Indian Students, Illegal Indians

4 Min Read
US visa news, H1B renewal interview waiver, dropbox appointment eligibility criteria, US visa dropbox program
News

USA Revises Dropbox or In-person Visa Interview Waiver Eligibility Criteria for Indians

6 Min Read
Travel to India, Cheap Flights to India, Aviation News, India Travel Tips

Travel Beats is an Indian Community portal by IndianEagle, a leading travel organization for Indians in USA. Travel Beats celebrates the achievements of young Indians and publishes exclusive stories from the US and India. It also publishes the latest news about Indian Americans from different walks of life and lists upcoming Indian events in USA. It also shares updates from US-India airlines. To be precise, Travel Beats is a consistent effort by IndianEagle to bridge between Indians in America and India.

Resources

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Indian Eagle
  • Share With Us

© 2025 IndianEagle LLC. All rights reserved.

    Designed and developed by Indianeagle  

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?