Step 6: Manage Benefits
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Archived: 2026-04-23 17:16
Step 6: Manage Benefits
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Step 6: Manage Benefits
1
Get Your Information in Order
2
Apply
3
Submit Required Documents
4
Review Benefit Documents
5
Receive Your First Payment
6
Manage Benefits
7
End Your Benefits
You must
contact us
right away if:
You return to part-time or full-time work.
You receive any wages.
Report any work and wages
—even if you were not paid yet.
The care recipient recovers from their illness or injury.
The care or bonding recipient dies.
Part-time Workers
Working part-time or reduced hours means you work fewer hours or days than usual, leading to a loss of wages.
If you report working part-time while receiving PFL benefits, we will send you the
Continued Claim Certification for Paid Family Leave Benefits
(DE 2580GF).
You must complete this form to confirm the time you worked.
Your benefits may be adjusted based on hours worked.
Your benefits will stop if you don’t submit the form online or return it by mail.
Updating Your Initial Claim
If you did not request a full 8 weeks of benefits in your initial claim, or you called us to reduce your initial 8-week claim, you may be eligible to take the unused time before the 12-month claim period ends. To access these benefits:
Care Claims
Fill out the PFL Claimant’s Certification section of the
Paid Family Leave (PFL) Supplemental Claim Certification
(DE 2525XFA) which will be sent to you after your initial claim ends.
Have the care recipient’s physician/practitioner complete the Physician/Practitioner’s Supplementary Certificate section.
Request a new form through
AskEDD
or call 1-877-238-4373.
Bonding Claims
You must submit a
Request to Re-establish a Bonding Claim for Paid Family Leave (DE 2504RE)
online or by mail to get the remainder of you benefits.
Military Assist Claims
Order and submit a new
Claim for Paid Family Leave (PFL) Benefits
(DE 2501F) form. Include proof of the new qualifying event or the extension of the current event period and return it to us.
To order forms, visit
Online Forms and Publications
.
Important:
If you give false or incomplete information to get
disability benefits, that’s fraud. You could face serious consequences.
For more information, visit
Help Us Fight Fraud
.
Uploading Continued Claim Forms
Scan and save up to 5 PDF, JPG, TIF, or TIFF files per session. File size must be less than 5MB.
To upload your continued claim documents:
Log in to myEDD and select
SDI Online
.
Select your
Current Paid Family Leave Claim ID
on the Home page.
On the Claim Summary page, under
Upload Forms
, select
PFL Upload Forms
.
On the PFL Upload Forms page, under
Select a Form
, choose the form type.
Select
Browse
to attach your document.
Select
Yes
next to
Do you want to upload another form?
to upload additional documents.
Select
Submit
to complete the process.
Back to Step 5
Go to Step 7
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Step 6: Manage Benefits
1
Get Your Information in Order
2
Apply
3
Submit Required Documents
4
Review Benefit Documents
5
Receive Your First Payment
6
Manage Benefits
7
End Your Benefits
You must
contact us
right away if:
You return to part-time or full-time work.
You receive any wages.
Report any work and wages
—even if you were not paid yet.
The care recipient recovers from their illness or injury.
The care or bonding recipient dies.
Part-time Workers
Working part-time or reduced hours means you work fewer hours or days than usual, leading to a loss of wages.
If you report working part-time while receiving PFL benefits, we will send you the
Continued Claim Certification for Paid Family Leave Benefits
(DE 2580GF).
You must complete this form to confirm the time you worked.
Your benefits may be adjusted based on hours worked.
Your benefits will stop if you don’t submit the form online or return it by mail.
Updating Your Initial Claim
If you did not request a full 8 weeks of benefits in your initial claim, or you called us to reduce your initial 8-week claim, you may be eligible to take the unused time before the 12-month claim period ends. To access these benefits:
Care Claims
Fill out the PFL Claimant’s Certification section of the
Paid Family Leave (PFL) Supplemental Claim Certification
(DE 2525XFA) which will be sent to you after your initial claim ends.
Have the care recipient’s physician/practitioner complete the Physician/Practitioner’s Supplementary Certificate section.
Request a new form through
AskEDD
or call 1-877-238-4373.
Bonding Claims
You must submit a
Request to Re-establish a Bonding Claim for Paid Family Leave (DE 2504RE)
online or by mail to get the remainder of you benefits.
Military Assist Claims
Order and submit a new
Claim for Paid Family Leave (PFL) Benefits
(DE 2501F) form. Include proof of the new qualifying event or the extension of the current event period and return it to us.
To order forms, visit
Online Forms and Publications
.
Important:
If you give false or incomplete information to get
disability benefits, that’s fraud. You could face serious consequences.
For more information, visit
Help Us Fight Fraud
.
Uploading Continued Claim Forms
Scan and save up to 5 PDF, JPG, TIF, or TIFF files per session. File size must be less than 5MB.
To upload your continued claim documents:
Log in to myEDD and select
SDI Online
.
Select your
Current Paid Family Leave Claim ID
on the Home page.
On the Claim Summary page, under
Upload Forms
, select
PFL Upload Forms
.
On the PFL Upload Forms page, under
Select a Form
, choose the form type.
Select
Browse
to attach your document.
Select
Yes
next to
Do you want to upload another form?
to upload additional documents.
Select
Submit
to complete the process.
Back to Step 5
Go to Step 7
Skip to Virtual Chat
Leaving the EDD Website
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منابع اللغة (Arabic)
լեզվական ռեսուրսները (Armenian)
منابع زبان (Farsi)
भाषा संसाधन (Hindi)
言語ソース (Japanese)
언어 자료 (Korean)
ធនធានភាសា (Mon-Khmer [Cambodian])
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਸਰੋਤ (Punjabi)
Языковые ресурсы (Russian)
语言资源 (Simplified Chinese)
Recursos en otros idiomas (Spanish)
Mga Resource ng Wika (Tagalog)
แหล่งข้อมูลด้านภาษา (Thai)
語言資源 (Traditional Chinese)
Nguồn Hỗ Trợ Ngôn Ngữ (Vietnamese)