California paid leave law among nation’s broadest

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that lets more people than almost anywhere else in the country take time off from work to care for a family member without fear of losing their job. California lets people take up to 12 weeks off from work to care for a family member while still getting paid a portion of their salary. But the law only includes companies with at least 50 employees. The law Newsom signed Thursday extends those protections to companies wi