California law question, please don't make this political (Moderators please delete any political bash comments on my behave):
So my wife's company announced a couple weeks ago they will shut down the US operation and everyone will be let go on 7/31. Also a few days ago my wife's mom while travelling in Taiwan got a diagnoses of ovarian cancer, with a 13cm tumor and a reading (forgot what it is) that is 600 vs a baseline (non cancer) of 30. Mom in law is 75 years old and has a family history of ovarian cancer, so it is pretty obvious that she will need a surgery asap as it is going to be a pretty late stage cancer plus chemo afterward.
We are currently making decision on whether she should operates in Taiwan (can start in late July, cost is about 2k US copay, but need to find a place to stay for MIL and wife and possibly FIL, not being her home, plus cost to change flight schedule which is a small amount relatively speaking) or in the US (Kaiser Medicare / Medical, cost is $178 copay, stay at her own home, but will likely need to wait for 2 months if fail to expedite ahead of other more urgent patients). The chemo is likely going to be in the US regardless of where the operation is done.
Wife's company will likely not pay for any severance but wife still has time to apply for the Family Care Medical Leave before the company is shut down. My understanding is since the company is shut down she will not be able to get her job back anyways. She was going to apply for unemployment (EDD) initially but now that she is likely going to take care of her mom, she may be qualified for Paid Family Leave as a short term disability leave. What I do not know is whether this would work if the employer is shut down completely or not, and whether she will be able to stack that with unemployment (EDD) after the paid family leave is over. Does anyone have any experience on how this work?
So my wife's company announced a couple weeks ago they will shut down the US operation and everyone will be let go on 7/31. Also a few days ago my wife's mom while travelling in Taiwan got a diagnoses of ovarian cancer, with a 13cm tumor and a reading (forgot what it is) that is 600 vs a baseline (non cancer) of 30. Mom in law is 75 years old and has a family history of ovarian cancer, so it is pretty obvious that she will need a surgery asap as it is going to be a pretty late stage cancer plus chemo afterward.
We are currently making decision on whether she should operates in Taiwan (can start in late July, cost is about 2k US copay, but need to find a place to stay for MIL and wife and possibly FIL, not being her home, plus cost to change flight schedule which is a small amount relatively speaking) or in the US (Kaiser Medicare / Medical, cost is $178 copay, stay at her own home, but will likely need to wait for 2 months if fail to expedite ahead of other more urgent patients). The chemo is likely going to be in the US regardless of where the operation is done.
Wife's company will likely not pay for any severance but wife still has time to apply for the Family Care Medical Leave before the company is shut down. My understanding is since the company is shut down she will not be able to get her job back anyways. She was going to apply for unemployment (EDD) initially but now that she is likely going to take care of her mom, she may be qualified for Paid Family Leave as a short term disability leave. What I do not know is whether this would work if the employer is shut down completely or not, and whether she will be able to stack that with unemployment (EDD) after the paid family leave is over. Does anyone have any experience on how this work?
