{"id":8774,"date":"2020-10-26T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:09:11","slug":"new-york-paid-sick-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/new-york-paid-sick-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"See FAQs for New York Paid Sick Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York state has published answers<\/a> to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the New York paid sick leave (PSL) law<\/a>. Under the law, employees will be able to take 40 – 56 hours of leave, depending on employer size, beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Employees began accruing leave on Sept. 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

The FAQs were published on the state\u2019s new PSL website<\/a> and cover 11 topic areas over seven pages. Answers about PSL use when an employer is closed due to a public health emergency (varies by circumstance) and telecommuting (can be offered as an alternative to using PSL) may be of special interest to employers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers are covered by the PSL law when physically working in New York, according to the FAQs, even if the employer is located somewhere else.<\/p>\n

Covered Employers and Employees<\/h2>\n

The FAQs say any person, corporation, limited liability company, or association employing any individual in any occupation, industry, trade, business or service is a covered employer under the PSL law, including both employers in a joint employment situation and nonprofit employers. The FAQs clarify that PSL applies regardless of an employee\u2019s immigration status, as well as to seasonal part-time workers and domestic workers. Employers must count employees across all their locations to determine their size.<\/p>\n

Use of Leave<\/h2>\n

Some of the FAQs\u2019 clarifications concern the use of leave, including that:<\/p>\n