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Article: California's new family leave law worries business groups.(paid family leave law)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 21, 2004
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As the nation's first paid family leave law takes effect on July 1, California employers are bracing for an expected surge in worker leave requests, while state officials are worried that not enough employees know about the new program.
At stake in how many workers wind up using the family leave option is the solvency of the disability insurance fund--or SDI as it appears on payroll stubs--that also pays out claims to pregnant and ill workers.
Business groups, many of which had lobbied against the family leave legislation, warn that a flood of leave claims could overwhelm the disability insurance fund, much as hikes in benefit levels helped tip the ...