What Employers Need to Know About New York's Paid Sick Leave
The new year brings new paid leave requirements to New York employers. New York State established additional rights to paid leave for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers on April 3, 2020. Under this legislation, starting on September 30, employees began to accrue paid sick leave at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked. As of January 1, 2021, employees are able to use their accrued paid sick leave.
New York’s paid leave law now requires employers to provide up to 40 or 56 hours of annual sick leave, depending on the size and annual calendar revenue of the employer as follows:
Employees of a company with 100 or more employees receive 56 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year.
Employees of a company with between five and 99 employees or a net income of more than $1 million, receive 40 hours per year of paid sick leave per calendar year.
Employees of a company with four or fewer employees but a net income of greater than $1 million in the previous tax year receive up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year.
Employees of a company with fewer than five employees and a net income of less than $1 million or less are now entitled to 40 hours of unpaid sick leave per calendar year.
Employees can use paid sick time for any of the following situations: