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New York Sick Leave Employer Responsibilities

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

NYC Amends Rules to Address Paid Prenatal Leave

The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently amended its Earned Safe and Sick Time Act rules to incorporate the paid prenatal leave requirements of the New York Labor Law. DCWP’s amended...more

Vedder Price

New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Is Amended to Include Paid Prenatal Leave

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Since January 1, 2025, New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law has required that all private-sector employers provide employees with 20 hours of paid leave for health care appointments related to prenatal care or pregnancy. ...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

New York State’s COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Will Sunset on July 31, 2025

As we previously reported, New York’s COVID-19 Sick Leave Law (amending N.Y. Lab. L. §196-b) will expire on July 31, 2025....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York Sunsets COVID-19 Paid "Quarantine" Leave on July 31, 2025

After more than five years of providing additional quarantine-related leave for COVID-19, beginning July 31, 2025, New York's COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave (the "Law") will expire, and employers will no longer be required to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York City Requires Paid Prenatal Leave

Employers in New York City must comply with new rules concerning their employees' right to paid prenatal leave under the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). These rules follow New York state's groundbreaking...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NYC’s Enhanced ESSTA Rules for Prenatal Leave Create Policy, Posting + Paystub Requirements for Employers

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Consistent with the expanding attention afforded to prenatal health and workplace protections nationally, New York State implemented a new paid prenatal leave requirement as an amendment to the state sick leave law, which...more

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New York Governor Signs Significant Legislature Impacting Employer Requirements for Pregnant and Nursing Employees

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On April 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a significant amendment to New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law (NY State Labor Law § 196-b), mandating that all New York employers provide 20 hours of paid prenatal...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York State Adopts CDC’s New COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Rules for Employers

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As we previously reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance to shorten its isolation and quarantine requirements. Joining other states and localities, on January 4, 2022, the New York...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York Department of Labor Adopts Rules Regarding Sick Leave

Over a year after the effective date of the New York State Sick Leave Law (SLL), the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) has formally adopted rules, first proposed in December 2020, governing the law....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

FAQs: Employer Obligations Following the Recent Spike in Omicron/COVID-19 Cases in New York City

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In light of the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in New York City, and particularly omicron variant cases, we have been fielding a lot of questions from employers about their obligations to their employees. What do they need to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York State Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantine Leave

The New York State Department of Labor recently issued guidance on COVID-19 Quarantine Leave with respect to leave for additional quarantine orders, leave in absence of a quarantine order, and limits on leave due to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York Department of Labor Releases Paid Sick Leave Guidance

New York State's Department of Labor (NY DOL) has issued Paid Sick Leave Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) providing guidance on numerous leave-related topics including accruals, permitted uses, eligibility, and leave...more

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