Employers with 20 or more employees in California will be required to provide employees with 12-weeks of unpaid leave to bond with a newborn or adoptive child. This means, in part, that employers must provide the leave within one year, maintain any health coverage, and return the employee to the same job. This new requirement, referred to as the California Parental Leave Act (SB63) for Small Businesses, goes into effect 1/1/2018.
Employers with 50 or more employees have had similar child bonding requirements under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, FMLA. One difference however is that California employers are not required to allow parents working at the same company to take time off at the same time, but this must be allowed under FMLA. Supervisors and managers need to know what to say, what not to say, and what to do when an employee communicates a personal circumstance, such as baby bonding or personal health issue, that requires time off from work. After this initial notification, determining what comes next requires questions related to federal, state, and city leave law knowledge. For example:
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