Low-wage earners who most need paid family leave can’t afford to take time off. A new bill seeks to raise their replacement pay
Jerry Sandoval with his daughter Ariel in their living room in Chula Vista on March 13, 2022. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters.
This week her bill passed out of committee with a three-quarters majority after a hearing. It was one of three bills she presented designed to bolster protections for low-income workers; the trio of measures is headed to the appropriations committee. Between two jobs — and a $33,000 annual salary — Sandoval could only manage to take two weeks off to spend with his newborn.
If Durazo’s bill passes, by 2025 it would boost wage replacement rates up to 90% for workers receiving eight weeks of paid family leave and for workers receiving the first 16 weeks of disability insurance — if those workers make 70% or less of the state’s average wage, or about $46,000 a year. Workers making more than $46,000 would receive 70% wage replacement.
“I think there’s a valid argument to be made: how do we pay for increased benefits? Not a penny comes out of our general fund, so this was a matter of making it fair across the board,” she said. “Why should those with higher incomes stop paying at the same rates as lower incomes — when they can probably afford to take time off anyway?”
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