Policy statement
At
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Employee eligibility
All
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Qualifying leave reasons
Eligible employees may take paid parental leave for periods when they temporarily are unable to work due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions (before and after childbirth) and/or bonding with a child following the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
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Leave time & pay
As a condition of receiving pay under this policy, employees must apply for all applicable state and/or private insurance benefits covering their parental leave periods and cooperate with any state or insurance carrier requests for information related to those claims. The amount
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Birthing parents
Assuming no additional complications, your post-birth period of disability will generally be authorized for 6 weeks (vaginal delivery) or 8 weeks (cesarean delivery). You may receive
--% of your regular salary or wages for up to
-- weeks for periods when you are unable to work because of disability due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, including periods of pre-birth and post-birth disability.
You also may receive
--% of your regular salary or wages for up to an additional
-- month(s) of paid parental leave for periods of bonding with a newly welcomed child. Your ability to take this bonding leave begins upon the end of the childbirth disability period and expires
-- months after your child’s birth or placement.
In total, assuming no additional complications, birthing parents have access to up to
-- -
-- weeks of paid parental leave including disability and bonding. Income can come from a variety of sources including
-----, our short-term disability provider
-----, and/or the state.
Non-birthing parents
You may receive up to
--% of your regular salary or wages for up to
-- weeks of paid parental leave for periods of bonding with a newly welcomed child. Your ability to take this bonding leave begins upon the birth or placement of the child and expires
-- months after your child’s birth or placement. Income can come from a variety of sources including
----- and/or the state.
Intermittent leave
Birthing parents may take parental leave for pre-birth disability in full-day increments when medically necessary.
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Requesting leave
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Group health benefits
Whenever possible under our group health plans, during parental leave,
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Non-group health benefits
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Coordination with statutory leave benefits
Unless prohibited by law,
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San Francisco based employees who are eligible for bonding leave may be eligible to receive supplemental compensation under the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SF PPLO) to ensure that employees receive up to 100% of their wages for eight weeks of bonding leave. Employees must apply for California Paid Family Leave benefits with the CA EDD and then submit required SF PPLO documentation to the HR team. Learn more here: https://www.sf.gov/information/paid-parental-leave-ordinance 
