The state has a program for self-employed workers and small business owners, but workers don’t always know to opt in.

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

A new state law bans unaccredited companies from charging California's 1.8 million veterans for help filing VA disability claims.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. What you need to know: California boosted Paid Family Leave and Disability Insurance benefits up to 90 percent of regular pay ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new California law aims to ease the financial burden during some of life's biggest transitions and challenges. This year, paid family leave and disability benefits increased to ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new law is increasing the benefits for many California workers on paid family leave or state disability insurance. The law signed by Governor Newsom back in 2022 raises the ...

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...