Brittney O'Brien

ABOUT

Brittney O'Brien is a California Parental Leave Strategist and the founder of It's Your Leave. She helps expecting parents who pay into CA-SDI stack their disability and family leave benefits so they take every week they've already paid for, and get paid for as many of them as possible.

Most California parents assume they get 12 weeks, mostly unpaid. With the right claims filed in the right order, many are typically eligible for up to 29 weeks of job-protected leave with up to 25 weeks paid. HR usually doesn't know this. Not because they're hiding it, but because nobody explained it to them either.

Brittney learned the system the hard way. After nearly 20 years in Silicon Valley tech sales, her own EDD claim was denied postpartum and she spent a month recovering her benefits. She built It's Your Leave so no other parent has to figure it out from a hospital bed.

Since then she has helped 1,100+ California families plan their leave through the California Paid Leave Blueprint, a self-paced course with a leave calendar tool and 12 months of office hours, built for W2 employees with CA-SDI on their paystub.

Find her at itsyourleave.com and @itsyourleave on instagram.

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