BILL NUMBER:  SB 406
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2015




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 406 without my signature.

This bill expands the circumstances under which a qualified employee
may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the California Family
Rights Act.

I support the author's efforts to ensure that eligible workers can
take leave to care for a seriously ill family member. The expansion
provided in this bill, however, creates a disparity between
California's law and the Federal Medical Leave Act and, in certain
circumstances, could require employers to provide employees up to 24
weeks of family leave in a 12 month period. I am open to legislation
to allow workers to take leave for additional family members that
does not create this anomaly.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.