California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, administered by the EDD, primarily provides:

Explanation

Paid Family Leave pays partial wage replacement for up to eight weeks, funded entirely by the employees' own SDI contributions, while a worker bonds with a new child or cares for a seriously ill family member or a military member's qualifying exigency. (b) is the crucial confusion and the one that costs workers their jobs: PFL is a CHECK, not a leave right, so an employee at a four-employee contractor may draw PFL benefits and still have no protected leave, because job protection comes from CFRA (five or more employees) or FMLA (fifty) if either applies. (a) and (c) are unrelated to any EDD program. The employer pays nothing toward PFL; it simply must not retaliate for the absence that CFRA or FMLA protects.