Paid Family Leave

• Eligibility for California PFL benefits is based on participation in SMC's California voluntary Disability Insurance plan or CA state's SDI plan.
• Paid Family Leave (PFL) requires medical certification.
• PFL benefits are payable for up to 8 weeks in a 12-month period and may be taken consecutively or intermittently.
• PFL pays approximately 70% of current earnings up to a maximum of $1,681 per week in 2025.
• The other approximately 30% will be paid with accrued sick hours for non-baby bonding claims.
• There is no waiting period for PFL benefits.
• When taking PFL for the purpose of baby bonding, only vacation hours can be used to supplement benefit. PFL for the purpose of baby bonding must be taken in two-week increments; shorter increments will be allowed on two occasions.

Employees, upon certification, may use PFL benefits to:

• Care for an eligible family member (Child, Grandchild, Grandparent, Parent, Parent-In-Law, Sibling, Spouse, or Registered Domestic Partner);
• Bond with a new child of the employee or the employee’s spouse/RDP/GF LDA; or
• Bond with a child in connection with adoption or foster care of the child of the employee or the employee’s spouse/RDP/GF LDA.
• Assist with a family member’s military deployment to a foreign country. Deployment is defined as covered active duty, a call or notice of impending covered active duty, or rest and recuperation leave from covered active duty.