Talking California parental leave, in plain English.
Brittney O'Brien is a California parental leave strategist and the founder of It's Your Leave. She helps working parents understand the state programs that pay them while they are home with a new baby.
Press inquiriesWhere I've talked about California leave
We Got You Mama podcast
I joined the We Got You Mama podcast to talk about California parental leave and how expecting parents can plan their paid time off.
Mentioned in We Got You, Mama
An expert-backed guide to motherhood by Carly Church, founder of We Got You Mama. It's Your Leave is mentioned in the book.
A short bio for media
Brittney O'Brien is a California parental leave strategist and the founder of It's Your Leave, based in Sacramento. After nearly 20 years in Silicon Valley tech sales, she had her own state disability claim denied and spent a month on hold with the EDD with her newborn. She built It's Your Leave so other parents would not have to figure it out alone.
Since then she has helped more than 1,100 California families plan their leave. Her Paid Leave Blueprint walks both parents through the four California programs, State Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave, Pregnancy Disability Leave and CFRA, in the right order and in plain English.
What I can talk about
Good fits for podcasts, panels, articles and workplace talks.
12 weeks vs. up to 29
Why HR talks about 12 unpaid weeks, and how California's programs stack to give birth parents much more.
How the state pays you
SDI and Paid Family Leave in plain English: who pays, how much, and when to file.
Why claims get denied
The timing and paperwork mistakes that cost parents weeks of pay, and how to avoid them.
Leave for partners too
How partners can take paid bonding time and how couples can take turns so someone is home longer.
The conversation with HR
What HR is and isn't required to tell you, and how to walk in with a plan.
From tech sales to leave
Leaving a long tech career after her own denied claim to build a business that helps parents.
Let's talk California leave.
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