Paid Family Leave New York's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program provides eligible employees with job-protected, paid time off to: Bond with a newly born, adopted, or foster child. Care for a family member with a serious health condition. Assist in situations when a spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent is deployed abroad on active military service. Eligibility Eligible employees may take PFL leave as follows: If you work full time (a regular schedule of 20 or more hours per week), you are eligible after 26 consecutive weeks of employment. If you work part time (a regular schedule of less than 20 hours per week), you are eligible after working 175 days, which do not need to be consecutive. Amount of Benefit You will be provided up to 12 weeks of leave at 67 percent of your weekly pay (capped at 67 percent of statewide average pay). You may use accrued paid leave in order to receive full pay while on PFL. Funding PFL is funded through employee payroll contributions that are set each year to match the cost of coverage. The rate of employee contributions is reviewed annually and is subject to change by the New York State Department of Financial Services. If you are not eligible for PFL, you will be provided a waiver to sign, and PFL contributions will not be deducted from your wages. Qualifying Events If you are eligible, you may use PFL for the following reasons: New child: You may take PFL during the first 12 months following the birth, adoption, or fostering of a child. Expectant mothers cannot take PFL for their own pregnancy. PFL for the birth of a child begins after the child's birth and is not available for prenatal conditions. Serious health condition: You may take PFL to care for a family member with a serious health condition. The relative may live outside of New York State and even outside the country. You cannot take PFL for your own health condition. Military active service deployment: You may take PFL when your spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent is deployed abroad on active military service or has been notified of an impending military deployment abroad. You cannot use PFL for your own qualifying military event. As used in this policy: Family member includes a spouse, domestic partner, child and stepchild, parent and stepparent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, and sibling (biological, adopted, half, and step). Serious health condition is an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition, including transplant preparation and recovery from surgery related to organ or tissue donation, that involves inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical facility; or continuing medical treatment or continuing supervision by a health care provider.
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