Disability Insurance Elective Coverage (DIEC)

DI provides benefits to eligible DIEC participants when they are unable to work and lose wages due to their own non-work-related illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth.

PFL provides benefits to eligible DIEC participants when they need to take time off from work to:

• Care for a seriously ill child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or registered domestic partner.
• Bond with a new child entering the family through birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
• Participate in a qualifying event because of a family member’s (spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, or child) military deployment to a foreign country.

Am I Eligible for DIEC?

Any self-employed person, independent contractor, or general partner who meets the requirements may apply for DIEC. It is not required that all active general partners be included in the application.

A general partnership can include married co-owners who both actively manage the business. Limited partners and corporate officers are not eligible.

You can find more details on DIEC eligibility, including:

• Eligibility Requirements
• Benefit and Premium Amounts

For More Information

• Disability Insurance Elective Coverage Program (DIEC) (DE 8714CC) (PDF)
• Paid Family Leave (DE 8714CF) (PDF)
• Elective Coverage for Employers and Self-Employed Individuals (DE 231EC) (PDF)
• Instructions for Reporting Wages and Contributions for Employers Who Have Elected Unemployment and State Disability Insurance Coverage Under Section 708(a) of the California Unemployment Insurance Code (CUIC) (DE 3F) (PDF)