by Brightmine
Summary
This guide provides an in-depth review of New York family and medical leave requirements, including paid family leave and unpaid family military leave, and an overview of temporary disability benefits, adoption leave and leave as a pregnancy accommodation.
In this guide, learn about:
- Family and medical leave
- Same‑sex marriage
- Individual liability under the FMLA
- Temporary disability insurance
- Paid family leave
- Employer coverage
- Employee eligibility
- Qualifying reasons for leave
- Benefit amounts
- Nonduplication of benefits
- Waivers
- Filing benefits claims
- Changes in employment
- Employee notice requirements
- Employee certification requirements
- Employer notice and posting requirements
- Reinstatement
- Prohibited actions
- Interaction with other laws and policies
- Enforcement
- Pregnancy leave and accommodation
- Adoption leave
- Family military leave
- Employer coverage
- Employee eligibility
- Purpose and length of leave
- Prohibited actions
- New York City pregnancy leave and accommodation
- Suffolk County pregnancy leave and accommodation
- Westchester County pregnancy leave and accommodation
- Interaction of leave laws
- Future developments
- Construction workers entitled to paid family leave benefits
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Brightmine
With more than 10,000 customers, Brightmine is a leading global provider of people data, analytics and insight – empowering HR leaders to deliver brighter business outcomes.
For more than two decades, Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, has continued to help HR leaders confidently navigate the evolving world of work through our unique combination of critical workforce data, AI-enabled technology, and trusted HR expertise.
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