PHRca CA Leaves and Benefits 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: California Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides wage replacement for which of the following situations?
- An employee's own non-work-related disability
- Bonding with a new child or caring for a seriously ill family member (Correct answer)
- Recovery from a workplace injury
- Military family leave for a covered servicemember's deployment
Correct answer: Bonding with a new child or caring for a seriously ill family member
PFL provides partial wage replacement for bonding with a new child and caring for a seriously ill family member, but not for the employee's own disability.
Question 2: Under California's Kin Care law, employees may use how much of their accrued sick leave to care for an ill family member?
- 25% of annual accrual
- All accrued sick leave
- Half of annual sick leave accrual (Correct answer)
- Up to 5 days per year
Correct answer: Half of annual sick leave accrual
California's Kin Care law (Labor Code 233) allows employees to use up to half of their annual sick leave accrual to care for a sick family member.
Question 3: California's Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act requires employers to provide paid sick leave accrual at a minimum rate of:
- 1 hour per 30 hours worked (Correct answer)
- 1 hour per 40 hours worked
- 1 hour per 20 hours worked
- 1 hour per 50 hours worked
Correct answer: 1 hour per 30 hours worked
Under the Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act, employees accrue paid sick leave at a rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked.
Question 4: As of 2024, California's minimum paid sick leave entitlement that employees may use per year is:
- 3 days or 24 hours
- 5 days or 40 hours (Correct answer)
- 3 days or 48 hours
- 7 days or 56 hours
Correct answer: 5 days or 40 hours
SB 616 (effective January 1, 2024) increased the usable minimum to 5 days or 40 hours per year.
Question 5: AB 1949, effective January 1, 2023, requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide up to how many days of bereavement leave?
- 3 days
- 5 days (Correct answer)
- 7 days
- 10 days
Correct answer: 5 days
AB 1949 requires employers with 5+ employees to provide up to 5 days of bereavement leave for the death of a qualifying family member.
Question 6: California Paid Family Leave is administered by which state agency?
- California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)
- Employment Development Department (EDD) (Correct answer)
- Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
- Labor Commissioner's Office
Correct answer: Employment Development Department (EDD)
The Employment Development Department (EDD) administers both California's SDI and Paid Family Leave programs.
Question 7: How long must a California employee have worked for an employer before becoming eligible for CFRA leave?
- 6 months with at least 500 hours worked
- 12 months with at least 1,250 hours worked (Correct answer)
- 12 months with at least 1,000 hours worked
- 90 days with any hours worked
Correct answer: 12 months with at least 1,250 hours worked
CFRA requires 12 months of employment and at least 1,250 hours worked in the prior 12 months, mirroring the federal FMLA eligibility standard.
PHRca CA Leaves and Benefits 3
California Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides wage replacement for which of the following situations?