| California laws provide the greatest level of job | | | | replaces up to 55% of your income. It includes |
| protection and partially paid leave for pregnancy | | | | four weeks of leave prior to your delivery |
| and maternity leave of any state in the U.S. Four | | | | automatically. And if you experience complications |
| laws combine to provide a working woman in | | | | and need to miss work before your eight month, |
| California nearly 7 months of protection: | | | | SDI may replace your income during this time as |
| Pregnancy Disability Leave, Family Medical Leave, | | | | well - but at a 45% pay cut. You will also receive |
| Short Term Disability (SDI), and Paid Family | | | | benefits during your maternity leave for six |
| Leave. But the partially paid leave means taking at | | | | weeks and longer if you experience complications |
| least a 45% pay cut during this time. Buy | | | | in delivery. |
| supplemental short term disability insurance before | | | | California Paid Family Leave picks up where SDI |
| getting pregnant to help you survive financially if | | | | leaves off and provides an additional six weeks at |
| you miss seven months of work. | | | | 55% income replacement to enable you to bond |
| California Pregnancy and Maternity Laws | | | | with your baby. |
| The California Pregnancy Disability Leave law | | | | How to Survive 7 Months with a 45% Pay Cut |
| protects your job for up to four months for bed | | | | A 55% income replacement means a 45% pay |
| rest, child birth, and recovery from child birth. The | | | | cut. You can survive seven months away from |
| Family Rights Act allows for 12 weeks of job | | | | work by buying supplemental short term disability |
| protected leave to bond with your baby. Should | | | | insurance before getting pregnant. This policy will |
| you exhaust your four months of leave prior to | | | | help fill the hole in the California state coverage by |
| delivery, the second law gives you a fresh set of | | | | increasing your level of income replacement. Both |
| twelve weeks totaling your seven month total of | | | | policies will cover your normal labor and delivery, |
| job protected leave. | | | | as well as any time missed before delivery for |
| California Short Term Disability Insurance (SDI) | | | | medical complications. |