State plan: Provides a baseline of benefits for a covered employer's eligible employees.

State-approved private plans: Option for employers to offer an approved private plan that meets or exceeds state benefits.

Any employer with one or more employees during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or immediately preceding calendar year; or paid wages of $1,500 or more during any calendar quarter in the preceding calendar year.

Local government can opt out. Self-employed and local government employees can opt into the program. Federal employees and certain railroad workers aren’t covered. 

Colorado employees who have earned $2,500 in wages subject to FAMLI premiums in the base or alternative base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. The alternative base period is the last four completed calendar quarters.

PML: Employee's own serious health condition.

PFL: Caring for a family member, bonding, qualifying exigency and safe leave.

Benefit percentage: Employees receive up to 90% of their average weekly wage on a sliding scale. 

Maximum weekly benefit: $1,324.31.

Waiting period: No waiting period.

Maximum duration: Maximum of 12 weeks. Additional 4 weeks for pregnancy or childbirth complications.

FAMLI may also be referred to in the more generic term of Paid Family & Medical Benefits (PFML)

PML/PFL (combined contribution): Premiums set are 0.9% of the employee's wage. The cost may be split with 0.45% paid by the employer and 0.45% paid by the employee.

Employee: 0.45% of gross wages up to the maximum taxable wage base.

Employer: 0.45% of gross wages up to the maximum taxable wage base. Employers may elect to pay all or part of the employee contribution.

This program exempts businesses with fewer than 10 employees nationwide from paying the employer portion of the premium.