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Paid Family Leave – Continue or Stop Your Benefits

If eligible, you may receive up to eight weeks of Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits. You will continue to receive benefits during your PFL period, however, there are times when you may need to notify us to stop or continue your benefits.

During your claim, we will send you the forms to help you provide us with the information we need. In general, you must complete and return the form to us within 20 days of the date on the document. You can send them using your SDI Online account or mail them to the address on the form.

Upload and Submit Forms

Inner Upload and Submit Forms

To upload and submit completed forms using SDI Online:

Step 1

Scan and save the documents to your computer.
File must be saved as PDF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, or TIFF.
File size must be less than 5MB.
You can add up to five forms in one session.

Step 2

Log in to your SDI Online account.
Select the Current Paid Family Leave Claim ID link on your Home
On the Claim Summary page, under Upload Forms, select the PFL Upload Forms
On PFL Upload Forms page, under Select a Form, choose the form type from the dropdown menu.
Select Browse to attach your documents.
Select Yes if you want to attach another document.
Select Submit to finish the process.

Continue

Continue Your Benefits

Certify to Continue Benefits

If you reported that you worked or will work during your PFL period, you will receive the Continued Claim Certification for Paid Family Leave Benefits (DE 2580GF). You must complete this form to certify for the days you have worked during your PFL period. Your benefits will stop if you do not return the DE 2580GF to us online or by mail.

Certify to Extend your PFL Period

For PFL care claims: a Notice of Final Payment (DE 2525XF) will be issued with your final payment when your PFL claim indicates that you are now ready to return to work. We will also send you a Paid Family Leave (PFL) Supplemental Claim Certification (DE 2525XFA) with the Notice of Final Payment (DE 2525XF). If you still have benefits available and need to continue providing care for a family member, select the box that applies to your claim on the PFL Claimant’s Certification section of the DE 2525XFA and have the care recipient’s Licensed Health Professional complete the Physician’s Supplementary Certificate section of the DE 2525XFA. Once completed, return this form online or by mail.

If you misplaced the DE 2525XFA, request the form using AskEDD or by calling 1-877-238-4373.

For PFL bonding claims: if you wish to extend your bonding claim, submit a Request to Re-establish a Bonding Claim for Paid Family Leave (DE 2504RE) online or by mail. You can also file a new Claim for Paid Family Leave (PFL) Benefits (DE 2501F). If you have not returned to work or had a break in certification from your current bonding period, you may also extend your claim through a verbal certification by calling 1-877-238-4373.

Important: If you use less that the full eight weeks of benefits for care, bonding, or military assist, and return to work full time then want to restart your claim a few weeks or months later to use your remaining weeks, you must file a new claim using the Claim for Paid Family Leave (PFL) Benefits (DE 2501F).

Stop

Stop Your Benefits

You must notify the us to stop your benefits if any of the following happen during your PFL period:

You return to part-time or full-time work.
The care recipient recovers from their illness or injury.
The death of a care or bonding recipient.

Receiving Automatic Payments

If you receive automatic payments and need to stop your benefits, fill out and return the Notice of Change in Claimant Status on the Notice of Automatic Payment – PFL (DE 2587F). You can also notify us by:

Using AskEDD
US Mail
Calling 1-877-238-4373

Failing to notify us can result in an overpayment, which you must repay. Learn more about overpayments by visiting Benefit Overpayment Services.

Not Receiving Automatic Payments

Provide this information to us:

Care or bonding recipient’s full name
Date of death
Your name
Your address
Your phone number

Benefits are payable through the date of death, if otherwise eligible.

You can notify us by:

Using AskEDD
US Mail
Calling 1-877-238-4373