Maybe some facts are in order...Under the current law, available vacation time has to be used up as part of the leave before the leave takes effect...Paperwork must be filled out by a medical specialist for the leave to be legitimate...And there is recourse by the employer to immediately appeal the leave request...
The multi-million dollar employer that I work for has just over 50 employees, qualifying it for the leave program...We have had less than 1 leave per year since the program has been in effect...Maybe because employees can't afford to be off without pay...The new Kaliphornia paid leave plan makes it look pretty attractive tho...
I can't imagine taking less than 3 days off for the funeral of a loved one...Funeral arrangements, grieving, etc...I would probably take more than 3 days...Even if I owned the business...
The medical specialist won't be hard to find, though. Doctors give patients what they want, or they won't have them as repeat customers. A cottage industry in unscrupulous doctors will spring up who will approve a disproportionate number of these requests. It always works this way.
There is no free lunch. The California legislature consistently proves that they believe otherwise.