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HR Alert: 2025 NYS Paid Family Leave Updates

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 26, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

We’ve written about New York’s Paid Family Leave Act in the past. New York State’s Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez recently announced some new updates and employee-favorable terms that go...

HR Alert: Paid Family Leave Law Expanded in 2023

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 2, 2023. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

New York employees have benefited from the State’s Paid Family Leave law (PFL) for a few years now. As of January 1, 2023, the law expanded again, this time to add siblings in NY Workers’ Compensation Law section...

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HR Alert: New York’s Paid Family Leave Program is Expanding

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 27, 2021. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that will expand employees’ rights under New York’s Paid Family Leave program. Here’s what you need to know: Currently, New York’s Paid Family Leave program provides workers...

New York’s Paid Family Leave Act

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 28, 2021. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

New York State’s Paid Family Leave Act (PFL) is one of the strongest family leave laws in the United States. It covers most workers in the private sector, including part-time workers. Who Is Covered For PFL? Employees who work...

HR Alert: Paid Sick Leave In NYS

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 19, 2020. Posted in Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment. 1 Comment

On March 18, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed into law paid sick leave legislation to guarantee pay for those under quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know with respect to paid leave and COVID-19: If...

Employers Must Not Extend Or Delay Employees’ FMLA Benefits

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 4, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

In a recent opinion issued by the federal Department of Labor (DOL), employers are cautioned not to delay designating an employee’s leave as protected by the federal Family & Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). This means that...

HR Alert: Paid Family Leave for Organ Donation Surgery in NY

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 25, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

Effective February 3, 2019, New York employees can take paid family leave to care for a family member who’s preparing for or recovering from surgery related to organ or tissue donation. This change results from the Living...

HR Alert: Your Summer Employee Survival Guide

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 19, 2018. Posted in Business, Employment.

It’s that time of year again. The kids are just about done with school, and it’s the perfect time to bring in some low-cost help for the summer months. Today, we’re discussing helpful tips to ensure a successful summer for...

NY PFL: Frequently-Asked Questions

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 2, 2018. Posted in Business, Employment.

As the countdown to the January 1st effective date of New York’s new Paid Family Leave law wound down, we fielded some great client questions we thought would be useful to our readers. Here they are. What if an employee...

NY PFL: Employees Can Take Leave To Bond With A Child In Daily Increments

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 19, 2017. Posted in Business, Employment.

If you’re an employer covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you’re already familiar with an employee’s ability to take time off to care for a newborn or a newly-placed adopted or foster child. What...

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