June 14, 2018
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FOR FATHER’S DAY, NEW YORK INVITES WORKING PARENTS TO LEARN HOW PAID FAMILY LEAVE HELPS THEM BE THERE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY WHEN THEY ARE MOST NEEDEDOnline informational sessions help parents use the nation’s strongest family leave law |
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To honor Father’s Day, New York today announced a new series of Paid Family Leave webinars to help employees understand their rights and use New York’s landmark Paid Family Leave benefit, which Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law in April, 2016. The webinars explain how eligible, working New Yorkers can take job-protected, paid time off to bond with a child who was born, fostered or adopted within the last 12 months; care for a sick family member; or assist when a family member is deployed abroad on active military service.
General Overview
Additional Paid Family Leave Resources The new webinars are part of New York’s ongoing campaign to educate workers and employers about New York Paid Family Leave, which went into effect on Jan. 1. To date, the state has directly reached tens of thousands of New Yorkers through webinars and other outreach. More than 3 million people have accessed the Paid Family Leave website and more than 81,000 people have received information and assistance through the Paid Family Leave Helpline. Paid Family Leave is employee-paid insurance that provides job-protected, paid time off from work to employees to care for family. In 2018, it provides up to eight weeks off at half-pay, up to a maximum of $652.93 per week. Benefits rise to 12 weeks at 67% of pay, again to a maximum, by 2021. Retaliation and discrimination are prohibited, and neither citizenship nor immigration status is a factor. |
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