State Disability Insurance

Increase in State Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave Benefits

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Effective January 1, 2025, State Disability Insurance (SDI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits increased to 90% of wages for many workers.

Workers with annual wages of $1,200 to $2889.96, or $300 to $722.49 in their highest earning 3 month period are now eligible for $50 per week in SDI or PFL.

Workers with annual wages of $2,980 to $62,025.60, or $722.50 to $15,506.40 in their highest earning 3 month period are now eligible for 90% of their weekly wages in SDI or PFL.

SDI provides benefits to people who cannot do their customary work because of a disability.

PFL provides benefits to people who need to take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member, bond with a new child, or support a family member in the US armed forces who is deploying to a foreign country.  (Employment Development Department News Release 25-01, January 2, 2025.)

Direct deposit of Unemployment Insurance, State Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave benefits

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Unemployment Insurance, State Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave benefits can now be issue by direct deposit into personal checking or savings accounts.  Recipients can elect to have their benefits issued by direct deposit by going to their MyEDD account, selecting profile on the main menu, and then updating their preferred payment option.  (EDD News Release 24-23, June 17, 2024.)

EDD benefits eligibility for Covid-19

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The Employment Development Department (EDD) has issued a statement on its website about benefits eligibility for people impacted by Covid-19.   People certified by a medical professional as unable to work due to having or being exposed to COVID-19 are eligible for State Disability Insurance.

People unable to work because you are caring for an ill or quarantined family member with COVID-19  as certified by a medical professional are eligible for Paid Family Leave, which is up to 6 weeks of benefits.

People who have reduced work hours because the employer has reduced hours or shut down operations due to COVID-19, can file for Unemployment Insurance.

In addition, employers experiencing a slowdown in their businesses or services as a result of the coronavirus impact on the economy may apply for the UI Work Sharing Program which allows employers to retain their trained employees by reducing their hours and wages that can be partially offset with UI benefits.  (EDD Coronavirus-2019.)