- Created by Emily Cady on Jul 14, 2023
California
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 8 weeks |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: $50 Max: $1,540 |
| Benefit Amount | 60 to 70 percent of your weekly wages earned 5 to 18 months before your claim start date. |
| Payment | You will receive payments by debit card or check. |
| Eligibility Requirements | Earnings in base year of not less than $300 from which SDI taxes were withheld. |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | You can apply for PFL online or by mail |
Colorado
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| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | Up to:
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| Weekly Benefit | Min: None Max: $1,100 |
| Benefit Amount | 90% of the employee’s average weekly wages up to 50% of the state’s average weekly wage (SAWW). Earnings greater than 50% of the SAWWwage will be paid at 50%. |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | Earned at least $2,500 in wages subject to premium under the law during the person’s base period or alternative base period, has elected coverage as a self-employed person, or has elected coverage as an employee of a local government where the local government has declined participation in the program. |
| Post-employment coverage period | |
| How to apply | |
Connecticut
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration |
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| Weekly Benefit | Min: None Max: $900 (40x the minimum wage) |
| Benefit Amount | 95% of employee’s average weekly earnings up to 40 times the minimum wage; plus 60% of earnings above 40 times the minimum wage. |
| Payment | Benefit payments are made by Electronic Funds Transfer or Stored Value Card |
| Eligibility Requirements |
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| Post-employment coverage period | 12 Weeks |
| How to apply | CT Paid Leave Authority (PFMLA)| Home | Official Site |
Massachusetts
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 12 weeks for family leave (all in a Benefit Year) 20 weeks for employee’s own serious health condition |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: None Max: $1,084.31 |
| Benefit Amount | 80% of average weekly wages up to 50% of the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW). All earnings above that will be replaced at 50% up to the maximum benefit. |
| Payment | Once your application is approved, you can expect weekly payments to begin 2-4 weeks after your leave begins. If your leave has already begun, you can expect your first payment to arrive 2 weeks after it is approved. After that, you will receive your payments every week. When you begin your paid family or medical leave, there is a 7-day waiting period before benefit payments start. You will not receive benefit payments during this waiting period. Also, these 7 days will count against your total available leave for the benefit year. |
| Eligibility Requirements | Employees providing services in Massachusetts, including full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary, on call, per diem or seasonal employees who meet the financial eligibility requirements under the MA PFML law (i.e., earning sufficient income from any MA employer within the past 12 months prior to the leave to be eligible for MA unemployment compensation benefits. |
| Post-employment coverage period | 26 Weeks |
| How to apply | Choose an account type (mass.gov) |
New Jersey
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 12 Weeks |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: None Max: $993 |
| Benefit Amount | 85% of average weekly wages |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | Either 20 weeks of employment in NJ during base year with earnings of at least $240 per week or $12,000 per year. |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | Division of Temporary Disability and Family Leave Insurance | FAQ: Family Leave Insurance (nj.gov) |
New York
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 12 Weeks |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: $20 Max: $1,131.08 |
| Benefit Amount | 67% of weekly wages |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | 4 consecutive weeks of covered employment in NY (does not need to be with current employer) |
| Post-employment coverage period | 4 Weeks |
| How to apply | Employees | Paid Family Leave (ny.gov) |
Oregon
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 12 weeks combined for paid family leave, paid medical leave and paid Safe leave and extra 2 weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications, including lactation. |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: 5% of the SAWW Max: 120% of the SAWW |
| Benefit Amount | 100% of employee’s average weekly wages that that are less than 65% of the statewide average weekly wage. 50% of employee’s average weekly wages that are equal to or exceed 65% of the SAWW. |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | Employees are eligible to take leave if they have earned at least $1,000 in wages during the base year for an Oregon employer. |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | State of Oregon: Modernization - Frances Online |
Rhode Island
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | 30 Weeks |
| Weekly Benefit | Min: $107 Max: 60% to $978, 4.62% of highest quarterly wages |
| Benefit Amount | 4.62% of highest quarterly wages in the base period (additional dependent’s allowance may also be payable) |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | Either RI base year earnings of $13,800; or at least $2,300 in one of the base period quarters and base period wages of at least 1.5 times the highest quarter earnings and total base period wages of at least $4,600 |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | How-to-Apply-for-Paid-Leave.pdf (ripaidleave.net) |
Washington
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | Up to:
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| Weekly Benefit | Min: $100 Max: $1,327 |
| Benefit Amount | The benefits are paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly wages, up to 50% of the state’s average weekly wage (SAWW). Any portion of the employee’s wages that exceed 50% of the SAWW will be paid at 50%. |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | A covered employee is eligible after working 820 hours in WA for any employer during the qualifying period. The “qualifying period” is the first four of the last five calendar quarters or, if eligibility is not established, the last four completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the application for leave. |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | Washington State's Paid Family and Medical Leave – Washington workers will have up to 12 weeks of paid family or medical leave starting in 2020. Employers begin payroll withholding in 2019. |
Washington D.C.
| Paid Family Leave Benefit | |
|---|---|
| Benefit Duration | Up to:
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| Weekly Benefit | Min: None Max: $1,009 |
| Benefit Amount | Employees receive 90% of their average weekly wage up to 150% of DC’s minimum wage multiplied by 40, and employees receive 50% of any amount earned in excess of 150% of DC’s minimum wage multiplied by 40. |
| Payment | |
| Eligibility Requirements | An employee who spends more than 50% of their work time for a covered employer in DC or work for a covered employer that is based in DC, spends a substantial amount of their work time in DC and spends no more than 50% of their work time for the employer in another location. |
| Post-employment coverage period | None |
| How to apply | District of Columbia - Paid Family Leave (dc.gov) |
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