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Office Location 919 N. Columbia St. – McAlister Center

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 6:00 – 5:00

(909) 621-8847 or (909) 607-3943

Fax (909) 607-9688

PAID FAMILY LEAVE

Paid Family Leave (PFL) is a component of the Claremont Colleges’ Voluntary Plan.  This program is designed to provide partial payment for up to six (6) weeks during a 12-month period1 for qualifying employees if one of the following situations:

BONDING:

• To bond with a newborn child, adopted or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, a child of a registered2 domestic partner, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis (guardian) who is under age 18 or over age 18 and disabled.

For bonding purposes PFL must be taken concurrently.

ILLNESS:

• To provide care for an ill child, spouse or registered domestic partner or;
• To provide care for a biological, foster, or adoptive parent, a stepparent, a legal guardian, or other person who stood in loco parentis (guardian) when the employee was a child.  PFL benefits do not include provisions for parent-in-laws.

For an illness employee’s can request to take PFL on an intermittent basis if the care to be rendered to a family member is provided in intervals, or if the medical condition affecting a family member is recurrent.

Employee’s cannot request to be placed on a PFL if another family member is ready, willing, able, and available to provide care to the ill or injured family member.  Employees will be required to sign an affidavit.

ELIGIBILITY:

All employees covered under the Colleges’ VDI program.  Please refer to your VDI handbook for additional information.

BENEFITS:

PFL benefits are based on past quarterly earnings and range from a minimum of $50 to $882 per week. 

POLICY:

Employees’ of the Claremont Colleges will need to satisfy a seven (7) day waiting period and must use accrued vacation hours during this period.  Following the fulfillment of the waiting period, an employee is entitled to six (6) weeks3 of PFL, once a valid claim has been submitted.

Employees’ will not be able to supplement the PFL benefit and will be responsible for making payments for any elected benefits they may have with the Colleges’.

PFL does not provide job protection or return rights.  Your job may be protected if you qualify for the federal Family Medical Leave Act and the California Family Rights Act. 

EMPLOYEE OBLIGATION:

If a leave is requested you must contact your Human Resource Office and notify them for your reason for taking a PFL in the manner consistent with your employers leave policy.

If your leave is for bonding with a child following birth, adoption, placement for adoption or foster care placement you must provide the following documentation:

• Birth:  certified birth certificate, certified copy of hospital or birthing center attesting to the birth, photocopy of California Department of Child Support Services Declaration of Paternity
• Adoption:  Department of Social Services (DSS) Notice of Placement, DSS Independent Adoption Placement Agreement, a copy of court order of placement for adoption, a copy of child’s passport with INS stamp I-551
• Foster Care Placement:  DSS Approval of Family Caregiver Home, statement form County DSS authorizing the placement.

If a leave is requested for a family member’s illness you will need to provide the following documentation:

• Medical certification of family member’s condition.  For adult care you must have a signed release
• Proof that no other family member is willing or available to render care

Employees wishing to file a claim for PFL benefits or requesting information regarding your campus leave policy must contact their Human Resource Office.

Employees who need additional information regarding their rights for PFL may contact the Disability & Unemployment Department at 18847 or 73943 or e-mail your request to belindao@cuc.claremont.edu