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San Francisco Paid Parental Leave

San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (PPLO) makes employers top up state Paid Family Leave, so bonding time pays closer to your full salary.

The short version

  • Your employer pays the difference between PFL and your usual pay, for up to 8 weeks of bonding.
  • Combined pay is capped at $2,522 a week in 2026.
  • Applies at employers with 20+ employees worldwide, if you work in the city.
  • Bonding only — it doesn’t apply during your pregnancy disability weeks.

Who qualifies

  • Your employer has 20 or more employees, counted worldwide — a big company with a small SF office counts.
  • You work at least 8 hours a week in San Francisco, and at least 40% of your hours there. Work at SFO doesn’t count; the airport is outside the city.
  • You’ve worked there at least 180 days by the first day of your Paid Family Leave.
  • You’re receiving California Paid Family Leave to bond with your baby.

The tenure rule is getting shorter

From 2027, employers with 100+ employees worldwide need only 90 days. From 2028, that applies to every covered employer.

How much

Your employer pays enough that PFL plus the supplement equals your usual weekly pay, up to a combined $2,522 a week in 2026. The city updates the cap every January.

How to get it, and one catch

Tell your employer when your PFL starts and forward EDD’s notice of your weekly amount, which payroll uses to work out the difference.

The catch: if you leave the job voluntarily within 90 days after your PFL ends, your employer can ask in writing for the supplement back. The city’s leave form asks you to agree to that.

Where these numbers come from

General information about California law, not legal advice. Your employer and EDD decide your actual leave and benefits.