All Workers Have Rights | California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
3 Types of Protected Leaves in California
The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) is a state law that allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per calendar year for certain family and medical reasons. The law’s purpose is to help employees balance their work and family lives, and to promote family stability and economic security.
Pregnancy Disability Leave
Employers with 5 or more workers must provide employees disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition with accommodations and up to 4 months of job-protected leave. Workers qualify as soon as they are hired. For Pregnancy Disability Leave, apply for Disability Insurance through EDD to get some pay for up to 10-12 weeks.
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Bereavement Leave
Private employers with 5 or more workers and all public employers have to grant a worker‘s request for up to 5 days of leave to be used within 3 months upon the death of a family member. Employee must have worked at least 30 days for the employer before taking the leave.
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Reproductive Loss Leave
Private employers with 5 or more workers and all public employers must provide employees with at least 5 days to be used within 3 months when the employee or their spouse/partner experience a miscarriage, stillbirth, failed adoption, failed surrogacy, or unsuccessful assisted reproduction. Employee must have worked at least 30 days for the employer to qualify.
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CA Civil Rights Department
The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to care for their own serious health condition or a family member with a serious health condition, or to bond with a new child.
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