Additional Information

Paid Sick Leave

IHSS providers are eligible for paid sick leave through the IHSS program.

You need to accrue enough sick leave to cover your paid time off. You can check your balance of paid sick leave hours on Electronic Services Portal. Unused sick leave will expire at the end of each state fiscal year (June 30).  

View rules and submission details to request paid sick leave.

NEW! CalSavers Retirement Savings Program

This new program is an optional retirement program designed for all California individuals, including IHSS providers, which offers automatic employment retirement contribution options. All IHSS providers, including live-in providers, can choose to enroll in the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program to save their earnings for retirement.  Enrollment and access to an individual’s account is available online, over the phone or app.  Multilingual support and materials are available, as well. 

For more information, please click on the flyers below:

 English | Spanish | Chinese

Employment/Income Verification Requests

For instructions on how to submit requests, click here.  The IHSS Request for Verification of Employment/Income (Form 70-23) is available for download in the following languages:

English | Spanish | Chinese | Cambodian | Vietnamese | Farsi/Dari | Tagalog

FLSA Violations

An IHSS provider will receive a violation for any one of the following actions:

• Working more than 40 hours in a workweek for a recipient without receiving county approval when the recipient’s maximum weekly hours are 40 or less;
• Working more hours in a workweek than the recipient’s maximum weekly hours resulting in more overtime hours in a month than he/she normally works without receiving county approval;
• Working more than the maximum weekly limit of 66 hours when working for multiple recipients;
• Claiming more than seven (7) hours of travel time in a workweek.