After COVID-19 hit, American employers understood the importance of paid holidays.
The Effect of Expanding Paid Holidays
American employers started realizing the advantages of extending the number of paid holidays to their workers. They also grasped the importance of offering alternative work schedules and paid time-offs. Most technology companies including the likes of Salesforce, LinkedIn, Oracle, Netflix, and Microsoft have announced that their employees in the United States will now be entitled to unlimited time off.
If you think that these changes are only for the tech industry, you are wrong. According to a post by Marca, there are state laws and provisions that may entitle you to a certain number of off days especially if you need to tend to a family member.
California already has a provision that provides workers in the state with a fixed number of days in case of a family emergency. This is known as the California Paid Family Leave (PFL). It provides individuals with benefit payments if they need to take care of any of the following: a seriously ill family member, bond with a new child, and participate in a qualifying event because of a family member’s military deployment.
After COVID-19 hit, American employers understood the importance of paid holidays. (Photo: Marca)
Paid Family Leave Components
PFL gives eligible members short-term wage replacement benefits if they are unable to work and are in danger of losing wages when they need time off work for family leave. With this, California residents are entitled to up to eight weeks of payment. These payments sum up to 60 to 70 percent of their weekly wages that were earned five to 18 months before their claim start date. Most employees use their PFL benefits for taking care of a seriously ill family member and take time off to bond with a newborn child.
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