Posted on 07/12/2023 1:55:43 PM PDT by lowbridge
New York state officials are proud to announce a new record.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced New York State set a record when it comes to New York's "landmark" paid family leave program.
The paid family program allows New Yorkers to take paid time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or bond with a new child.
"When I signed New York's paid family leave expansion into law, I reaffirmed our state's commitment to ensuring that workers have the protections they need to bond with their parents, children, and other loved ones," Governor Hochul said. "Now, workers are responding - with rising enrollment and record-high utilization, particularly among fathers. Our nation-leading paid family leave program is a testament to our efforts to make New York the most worker-friendly state in the nation."
New data, shows that the overall usage rate, number of men taking paid paternity leave every year, and the average length of time off have all increased every year during the first five years of the program, officials.
The family leave utilization rate has steadily grown each year from 1.59 percent in 2018, to 2.06 percent in 2022.
New York State started the program in 2018. The employee-paid insurance provides workers with job-protected, paid time off to bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child, care for a family member with a serious health condition or assist loved ones when a member of the family is deployed abroad on active military service.
Eligible workers can take up to 12 weeks off at 67 percent of their pay.
The average time off taken has increased each year from 5.5 weeks in 2018 to 7.9 weeks in 2022, officials say.
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The working poor can’t afford to do this.
I’d live to know the wages/salaries of the people using the program.
I bet that data would make for an interesting conversation on the subject.
...love to know...
Betcha that most of the people utilizing the program are the people who need it the least.
sounds like the same crap MN passed. I guess I can pay in (less than I would get back if I take the full leave) and use it once a year.
so why not?
I’ll work (for myself as usual) while collecting my state offered PTO. I just won’t pay myself, at least above the table.
bond with a new child
I’m sure the NY pedophiles will make good use of the law.
What a shock. If you offer people money for not working, many people are going to take it.
In many states that have paid leave laws, the biggest use is not parental leave or serious physical illness- it’s MENTAL health.
Goobermint employees getting paid wit’ Other People’s Mun-neeh are gonna be the only ones that use this.
Private employers in NYS can’t afford it-
Get out of the NYShiitehole while you still can.
Exit Tax coming soon . . .
Sure is easy to spend other people’s money, isn’t it. Filthy criminal leftists.
They should come to Illinois then. Work for 90 days and you’re eligible for 40 hours paid leave per year for any reason you wish. Coke and hooker bender, sex tourism trip to Thailand, building a dungeon in your basement, whatever...
My mother’s generation of my family are now all dead and I have no children.
To be fair, unemployment ‘insurance’ and paid family leave should be replaced by saving accounts. This might be 4% of pay per pay period up to say $1000/year. The funds might go into the state pension fund so the funds grow.
And we all pay the price when we buy goods or when companies go out of business.
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