CA SB1383

Expands California Family Rights Act to apply to employers with 5 or more employees (previously 50 or more) effective January 1, 2021, allowing up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave to bond with a new child or care for themselves or specified family members.

Extends protected leave eligibility to care for grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings in addition to children, parents, spouses, and domestic partners; includes leave for qualifying military exigencies related to covered active duty of family members.

Requires employers to grant each parent up to 12 workweeks of leave separately, eliminating the previous limitation that capped combined parental leave at 12 weeks when both parents worked for the same employer.

Requires employers to maintain and pay for group health plan coverage during family care and medical leave periods at the same level as if the employee continued working.

Employees must have at least 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period to qualify, with air carrier flight deck and cabin crew members meeting alternative hour requirements.