The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has recently announced increased benefits for Californians under the Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Disability Insurance schemes. The change, catalyzed by Senate Bill 951 (SB 951), took effect on the 1st of January 2025, allowing Californian workers to receive between 70 to 90 percent of their weekly wages.

Such insurance plans cover an excess of 18 million workers in California. These workers contribute to the plan through payroll deductions, later drawing from these benefits when they are ill, injured, need to care for a severely sick family member, want to bond with a new child, or participate in a qualifying military event. Should a worker be eligible for disability, they can receive benefits for up to 52 weeks, while workers taking Paid Family Leave can get access to benefits for as much as 8 weeks.

Persons interested in benefits from either disability or PFL can apply through mail, or expedite their application process by using myEDD.

While adjusting to the new changes, workers may feel the need to contact EDD for further information. Websites such as eddcaller.com provide information on how to contact EDD. They accommodate a range of queries including how to get edd live person, fastest way to get through to edd, how to speak to someone at edd, and how to contact a live person at edd California along with more information about the new changes and how it may affect workers.