[jdavis703]

Many states in the US have family leave (including paternity leave). California is more than 10% of the US population and the rules for paternity leave are extremely broad:

- Welcomed a new child into the family in the past 12 months through birth.

- Paid into State Disability Insurance (noted as "CASDI" on most paystubs) in the past 5 to 18 months.

- Not taken the maximum eight weeks of PFL in the past 12 months

Insinuating that 99% of the US lacks paternity leave is disingenuous.

[corrral]

Nice, didn't know about that. Expanded-qualification FMLA-like unpaid leave and more limited provisions for paid leave, for some workers, is pretty good compared to most of the country.

[ben174]

This is good information, but the original point is still valid. Kayvon is not struggling in the least bit.

[whimsicalism]

I think the issue is more that firing someone during paternity leave discourages others at your company from taking paternity leave, not that this person is in some way financially devastated from the firing.

[dillondoyle]

It's only through birth? I didn't know that and would have expected CA to do better. E.g. adopting a young child or baby. And does surrogacy count as birth?

[someonenice]

Looks like adoption is under different category and you get 12 weeks. https://www.yeremianlaw.com/uncategorized/can-i-take-leave-f...

[zymhan]

Maybe it's trying to rule out "gaining" a child through marriage (i.e. a step child)?