As businesses continue to expand their workforce across state lines, it can become difficult to navigate and keep track of how the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interacts and overlaps with state family and medical leave programs. Some states have both paid and unpaid leave legislation, like Connecticut, which also get thrown into … Continued
On September 30, 2020, many New York employees will begin accruing leave under New York state’s new paid sick leave law. Enacted in April as part of a state budget bill (S7506B), the new law applies to all employers in New York regardless of size and is important to understand in the context of absence … Continued
Update: Our latest post about the DOL’s FFCRA guidance can be found here. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) recently released Temporary Rule and Q&A guidance concerning the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provided much-needed detail for employers and third-party leave administrators grappling with administering the FFCRA’s new paid leave entitlements. However, … Continued
The Chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board adopted an emergency amendment, effective March 27, 2020, to the paid family leave regulations under New York’s Disability Benefits Law to clarify that covered workers may take paid family leave to care for a family member with a COVID-19 diagnosis. The emergency amendment expands the … Continued
After New York quickly passed a COVID-19 leave law earlier this month, many employees were left wondering what kind of documentation demonstrating the need to quarantine or isolate would qualify them for paid leave benefits and how to obtain it. In ReedGroup’s March 27 blog post, we described the New York law’s requirement that an … Continued
UPDATED: May 1, 2020 On March 18, 2020, New York enacted a new law requiring many employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work after being issued a coronavirus-related mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation by the state, the state department of health, a local board of health, … Continued
On November 5, 2018, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Living Donor Protection Act of 2018, Senate Bill 2496. The law, which amends the New York Insurance law and Paid Family Leave to extend protections to organ and tissue donors, goes into effect Sunday, February 3, 2019. New York Paid Family Leave: The bill amends … Continued
