Calculating Paid Family Leave Do good Payment Amounts

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Your weekly benefit amount (WBA) is nigh 60 to 70 percentage (depending on income) of wages earned five to 18 months before your claim showtime date up to the maximum weekly benefit amount. You lot may receive up to 8 weeks of Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits in a 12 month flow.

The daily benefit amount is calculated by dividing your weekly benefit amount by vii. The maximum benefit corporeality is calculated past multiplying your weekly benefit corporeality by 8 or calculation the total wages bailiwick to Land Disability Insurance (SDI) tax paid in your base of operations menstruum.

For claims commencement on or later on January 1, 2022, weekly benefits range from $l to a maximum of $1,540. To authorize for the maximum weekly do good corporeality ($ane,540) you must earn at to the lowest degree $33,345.01 in a agenda quarter during your base period. Your WBA may vary if you receive other income (such as sick leave pay, paid time off, etc.) while receiving PFL benefits from the EDD.

San Francisco workers: Your employer may be required to provide supplemental compensation to you if yous are receiving PFL benefits for bonding with a new kid through birth, adoption, or foster intendance placement. For more than information, visit the Metropolis and County of San Francisco, Role of Labor Standards Enforcement Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (PPLO).

Weekly Do good Amount

Your WBA is based on your highest quarter of earnings in your base flow. It is the amount the EDD determines y'all will be paid for each week yous are unable to work.

To summate your WBA:

1. Ostend your claim start engagement

Your merits begins on the engagement your family leave began. SDI calculates the weekly benefit amount using your base of operations menstruum. The date the family unit leave claim begins determines your base catamenia.

You may not change the beginning engagement of your merits or adjust a base of operations period afterward establishing a valid claim. If you lot have any questions well-nigh your claim offset date, please contact PFL at ane-877-238-4373 before filing your claim.

ii. Find your base of operations menstruum

A base period covers 12 months and is divided into four consecutive quarters. The base period includes wages subject to SDI tax which were paid approximately 5 to 18 months before your family leave merits began. The base flow does not include wages paid at the time your family go out begins. For a PFL claim to be valid, you must have at least $300 in wages in the base menstruation.

The post-obit information may be used to determine the base of operations menstruation for your claim. If a claim begins on or later January 1, 2022:

  • January, February, or March, the base of operations period is the 12 months ending last September 30. (Example: A claim starting time February 14, 2022, uses a base catamenia of October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.)
  • Apr, May, or June, the base of operations period is the 12 months ending concluding December 31. (Instance: A merits beginning June 20, 2022, uses a base menstruum of Jan one, 2021, through December 31, 2021.)
  • July, August, or September, the base of operations period is the 12 months ending last March 31. (Example: A claim beginning September 27, 2022, uses a base period of April one, 2021, through March 31, 2022.)
  • October, November, or Dec, the base period is the 12 months ending last June 30. (Example: A claim beginning November two, 2022, uses a base period of July one, 2021, through June 30, 2022.)

Base flow example:

A diagram showing the four base period quarters depending on when a customer files.

Base period instance: Customer files for family unit leave on June 1st.

A column chart showing the four base period quarters for a customer who files on June 1.

Special base period: Under certain circumstances, the law allows substitution of wages paid in quarters before the normal base catamenia of your claim in order to make your merits valid. If your current base of operations period was negatively afflicted by military service, industrial inability, trade dispute, or long-term unemployment, contact PFL at one-877-238-4373 to verify if you are eligible for the special base of operations period and provide boosted information to support your request.

three. Gauge your WBA

The WBA is adamant by using the quarter in which y'all were paid the highest wages in your base period. Refer to Inability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Weekly Benefit Amounts in Dollar Increments (DE 2589) (PDF) for further information.

How your WBA is calculated:

  • If your highest quarterly earnings are less than $929, your WBA is $50.
  • If your highest quarterly earnings are between $929 and $6,803.34, your WBA is approximately seventy percent of your earnings.
  • If your highest quarterly earnings are more $6,803.34 your WBA is approximately 60 percent of your earnings.

For an estimate of your WBA, based on your highest reported quarterly earnings, refer to theDisability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Exit (PFL) Weekly Benefits Amounts (DE 2588) (PDF) or theDisability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Weekly Benefit Amounts in Dollar Increments (DE 2589) (PDF).

To calculate your approximate WBA, utilise the PFL Weekly Benefits Calculator. The PFL Benefits Calculator may be used for both PFL and DI claims.

What Affects Your Payments?

Under certain circumstances, you may not be eligible for a menses of your PFL claim or yous may be entitled merely to partial benefits. The EDD will determine if benefits must exist reduced. Some income types must exist reported to the EDD fifty-fifty though they may not ever bear on your benefits.

In addition, your benefits may be reduced considering of a prior Unemployment Insurance, PFL, or DI overpayment or for runaway courtroom-ordered child or spousal support payments. To avoid overpayment, penalties, and a simulated statement disqualification you must study all your income to the EDD.

For more information virtually what can affect your payments, visit the following links:

  • Reporting Your Wages
  • Part-time / Intermittent / Reduced Work Schedule
  • Benefit Overpayments