No Mandated Use of Accrued Vacation Before California Paid Family Leave (PFL)

Beginning January 1, 2025, California employers can no longer require employees to use two weeks of accrued vacation before receiving PFL wage replacement benefits to care for certain seriously ill family members, to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, or to participate in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of certain family members.