Updated statement and guidance to remove information on child placement leave available under the paid family and medical leave law, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect Supreme Judicial Court decision clarifying benefit accrual during the paid family and medical leave period, effective September 13, 2024.
A final rule implementing the requirements of the PWFA will take effect on June 18, as scheduled, after one federal court dismissed a challenge by several states attorneys general. However, another court exempted two states from certain abortion-related regulations.
Pregnant employees in New York will soon be entitled to paid leave for prenatal care and paid lactation breaks, as a result of two new laws signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.