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Article: California paid family leave: {beginning July 1, employees are allowed six weeks off--with partial pay--to care for a newborn or other family member. Here's how employees & employers can prepare}.
- Article from:
- California CPA
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
- Author:
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Bob has worked full time for his employer for a little more than five years. It's Aug. 1, 2004 and his wife calls and tells him the bad news--their son has cancer. The doctors are confident they can treat the disease, but treatment must begin immediately--and someone will have to care for their son and administer the medications during the ongoing treatment. Since Bob's wife makes more money than he does, they decide he will take time off from work. The problem is that without his salary, there is no way for them to afford the rent. He wonders how they will manage, but remembers a posting he saw in the break room at his office about something called paid family leave.
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