Have you verified that your employer properly completed and submitted their portion of the claim? In my experience working with many employees on PFL claims, this is often the hidden issue. The EDD representatives can see that the claim was filed but might not notice that the employer portion is incomplete. I would suggest contacting your HR department to confirm they've submitted everything required for your PFL claim.

UPDATE: Based on all your helpful suggestions, I called this morning and specifically asked for a Tier 2 specialist. After explaining I'd had multiple incident reports filed without resolution, they transferred me to someone who actually knew what they were doing! The specialist confirmed my claim had code 320 (stuck in transition review) and escalated it with an urgent financial hardship flag. She said I should see movement within 72 hours instead of the usual weeks-long wait. I'll update again when I hear something. Thank you all SO MUCH for your help!

The EDD system is SO confusing with all these different benefit types! I made the mistake of thinking my maternity leave would automatically transition to baby bonding and ended up with a 3-week gap in benefits. What I learned: pregnancy disability (SDI) and baby bonding (PFL) are COMPLETELY separate claims, even though they're both through EDD. For your situation, having an inactive UI claim shouldn't cause problems as long as you're not certifying for UI while on disability. The key things to remember: 1. Track your claim status online religiously 2. Call if nothing shows up within a week 3. Know your exact disability end date (get it from your doctor) 4. File your baby bonding claim BEFORE your disability claim ends 5. SAVE EVERY PIECE OF PAPER they send you And yes, unfortunately, you might need to call them. Their online system is better than it used to be but still can't handle certain situations like yours.

my hr lady told me u can get more weeks if u have csection jsut fyi

To answer your original question about the DE2501 form - that's actually for Disability Insurance claims (like pregnancy disability). For baby bonding PFL, he needs the DE2508 form for Paid Family Leave. And he doesn't need any forms from his employer beforehand - he just needs to apply online, and the EDD system will send the necessary notices to his employer automatically. They'll verify his employment and last day worked after he submits the claim.

good luck with everything!! babies grow sooo fast, it's amazing your husband can take bonding time. my hubby only got 2 weeks off when our little one was born in february and it wasn't nearly enough. make sure he soaks up every minute of that bonding time!!! 💖👶

Update: My husband found his claim on SDI Online! It says "pending" so I guess that means they received it. Still no approval yet but at least it's in the system. He's going to call tomorrow morning to check if they need anything else from us. Thanks everyone for your help! I'll let you know what happens. Trying to enjoy these newborn days but the financial stress is real!

Can I ask a related question because I'm so confused about all this??? If I'm on pregnancy disability leave right now (baby due in 3 weeks), do I AUTOMATICALLY transition to baby bonding PFL or do I need to file a whole new claim? My doctor put me out at 36 weeks for high blood pressure and nobody at my work explained any of this!!!!

I just remembered something else! Check if your claim was assigned a different claim ID after you gave birth. Sometimes they create an entirely new claim for the post-birth recovery period rather than continuing your pre-birth disability claim. If this happened, you might be looking at the wrong claim status. Try going to your claim history and see if there's another claim that was opened around your delivery date.

update?????? did u get thru to anyone? im curious if that claimyr thing actually works cause im about to start maternity leave next month and im already nervous about dealing with edd again