This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. discusses California Governor Jerry Brown's signing of Assembly Bill 908, which expands the state's paid family leave law to increase the pay available to employees who must leave work to care for their families. The bill revises the formula used to determine the benefits under the state's unemployment compensation disability law. Beginning in 2018, the bill increases the weekly earnings of certain individuals on leave from the current level of 55% of their base wages to 60%. Further, it aids the state's lowest earners by allowing them to receive up to 70% of their wages. The bill also eliminates the seven-day waiting period for receiving temporary disability benefits.