For purposes of this Article 14, the following definitions apply:
“Agency” means the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement or any successor department or office.
“California Paid Family Leave” means the State of California’s partial wage replacement insurance plan for paid family leave codified at California Unemployment Insurance Code, Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3300), as that law may be amended from time to time with respect to eligibility for, duration of, or amount of paid family leave compensation, or any other matter pertaining to paid family leave under that law.
“City” means the City and County of San Francisco.
“Covered Employee” means any person, including but not limited to part-time and temporary employees, who is employed by a Covered Employer (1) who commenced employment with the Covered Employer at least 180 days prior to the start of the leave period, (2) who performs at least eight hours of work per week for the employer within the geographic boundaries of the City, (3) at least 40% of whose total weekly hours worked for the employer are within the geographic boundaries of the City, and (4) who is eligible to receive paid family leave compensation from the State of California under the California Paid Family Leave law for the purpose of bonding with a new child. Where a person’s weekly work hours fluctuate from week to week, the Agency shall determine whether the person meets the eight-hour and/or 40% threshold requirements in the preceding sentence by using an average of the person’s weekly hours worked for the Covered Employer during the three monthly pay periods, six bi-weekly or semi-monthly pay periods, or 12 weekly pay periods immediately preceding the start of the person’s California Paid Family Leave period. If the person was on leave during any of the aforementioned pay periods, such pay period(s) shall not be counted towards the average referenced in the preceding sentence; rather, the Agency shall consider additional earlier corresponding pay periods for that person in order to satisfy the above designated number of pay periods, but in no case shall the Agency, in calculating the average, consider pay periods earlier than 26 weeks prior to the California Paid Family Leave period.
“Covered Employer” means any person, as defined in Section 18 of the California Labor Code, including corporate officers or executives, who directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a temporary services or staffing agency or similar entity, employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of an employee and who regularly employs the following number of employees, regardless of location: (1) commencing with January 1, 2017, 50 or more employees; (2) commencing with July 1, 2017, 35 or more employees; and (3) commencing with January 1, 2018, 20 or more employees. Covered Employer shall not include the City or any other governmental entity.
“New Child Bonding” means bonding with the Covered Employee’s minor child during the first year after the birth of the child or after placement of the child with the Covered Employee through foster care or adoption, per Section 3301 of the California Unemployment Insurance Code.
“State” means the State of California, including the State of California Employment Development Department.
“Supplemental Compensation” means a Covered Employer’s obligation to pay a Covered Employee’s partial weekly salary in accordance with Section 14.4.