Financial Planning and Contract Negotiation for Female Physicians
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has released the Voluntary Plan Employee Contribution and Benefit Rates for 2023. Employers with employees located in California are generally required to withhold and...more
After vetoing a similar bill last year, on September 30, 2022, California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 951, which increases wage replacement rates for lower wage earners under the state Paid Family Leave program...more
As COVID-19 containment efforts expand, a growing number of employers are seeing major disruptions to their operations or reductions in services. Similarly, a growing number of employees are concerned about significant drops...more
The State of California recently passed SB-83, which extends Paid Family Leave benefits from six to eight weeks for claims that start on or after July 1, 2020....more
On June 27, 2019, Governor Gavin Newson (D) signed Senate Bill (SB) 83, which, beginning on July 1, 2020, will extend from six to eight weeks the maximum duration of paid family leave (PFL) benefits individuals may receive...more
While New York State’s Paid Family Leave Benefits Law (the PFL) becomes effective as we ring in the new year on Jan. 1, 2018, employers should spend the remainder of 2017 scrambling to determine how to minimize its disruptive...more
The New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Law requires all employers covered by the New York Workers’ Compensation Law to provide coverage for paid family leave (PFL) benefits for their employees on or before January 1, 2018....more
Effective January 1, 2017, San Francisco is scheduled to become the first city in the United States to require fully paid parental leave. The Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance) was passed unanimously by San...more
Approximately 15 years ago California became the first state to provide paid time off to workers to care for a new child or ailing family member. The law, which is funded by required worker contributions, provides for up to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Starting Jan 1, 2017, the amount of benefits paid to employees on paid family leave and state disability will increase substantially, depending on an employee’s income level. The Legislature and...more