California Small Businesses Can Apply Now for Up to $2,000 Per Employee for Paid Family Leave Grants
June 25 2024 - 11:47AM
Business Wire
Small businesses across California can now receive grants of up
to $2,000 per employee through California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL)
program. The online application is now open.
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Attention small businesses in California
with 1-100 employees! If you have at least one employee who will be
using California’s Paid Family Leave program on or after June 1,
2024, you may be eligible to apply for grants up to $2,000 per
employee on PFL. This grant is designed to help offset the
increased costs you may face while the employee is on leave.
California’s Paid Family Leave program allows workers to take paid
leave to bond with a new child (through birth, adoption, or foster
care) or to care for a seriously ill family member. Businesses
impacted by this program may have increased costs, such as training
and upskilling existing staff to cover the duties of the employee
on leave, hiring and training additional staff, and other related
expenses. For more information and to apply for the grant, please
visit CaliforniaPFL.com. (Photo: Business Wire)
This initiative, funded by the California Employment Training
Panel and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency,
aims to support small businesses in managing additional costs when
employees take leave. These grants can help cover expenses such as
cross-training existing staff and hiring and training new or
temporary employees, ensuring business continuity during employee
absences.
California’s PFL program provides eligible employees with up to
8 weeks of wage replacement benefits when they are off work for
certain qualifying reasons, such as bonding with a new child or
caring for a seriously ill family member. The grant is available to
small businesses with 1 to 100 employees that have at least one
employee utilizing PFL on or after June 1, 2024.
Grants are available in the following amounts:
- Businesses with 51–100 employees may receive up to $1,000 per
employee utilizing Paid Family Leave.
- Businesses with 1–50 employees may receive up to $2,000 per
employee utilizing Paid Family Leave.
To qualify, businesses must:
- Employ between 1 and 100 employees;
- Be registered to do business in the State of California;
- Be in active status with the office of the California Secretary
of State;
- Have an active California Employer Account Number under which
employees are listed for payroll and
- Have at least one employee on California’s Paid Family Leave on
or after June 1, 2024.
For more information or to apply for a grant, visit
CaliforniaPFL.com.
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