Employees of the city of San Diego could see a big boost in their paid parental leave if a new proposal drafted by Councilmember Raul Campillo is approved.
Campillo submitted his plan to triple parental leave to Mayor Todd Gloria last week. Currently, city employees get four weeks of paid leave after the birth of their child. Campillo wants to boost that to 12 weeks, or 14 weeks if the employee has a C-section or other complications during delivery.
“It’s simply not enough time to only have four weeks,” Campillo said. “The last thing a city employee should have to worry about is rushing back to work right after having a child.”
The vast majority of workers in California get no fully paid parental leave. Instead, they receive job protections and partially paid leave via the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the state’s Family Rights Act. Under the state law, new parents in California are eligible for up to six weeks of partially paid leave and another six weeks of unpaid leave.
The city does not use state leave, but instead has its own disability program for pregnant employees. Campillo’s proposal would also change that disability program, boosting pregnancy disability from six weeks, or eight weeks for a C-section, to eight weeks and 10 weeks, respectively.
An employee who becomes pregnant would receive both pregnancy disability and parental leave, meaning they could get up to five months of fully paid leave.
The plan would cost San Diego city taxpayers between $5...
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