

Part-time employees may be eligible for Paid Family Leave. Once employees meet the eligibility requirements, they remain eligible for that employer until employment is terminated. If employees start a new job, they must work long enough with their new employer to meet the eligibility requirement.Ĭitizenship and/or immigration status is not a factor in employee eligibility. However, periods of statutory short-term disability do not count as consecutive weeks or days worked for determining eligibility. The use of scheduled vacation time the use of personal, sick or other time away from work that has been approved by the employer or other periods where the employee is away from work but is still considered to be an employee by the employer, shall be counted as consecutive weeks or consecutive work weeks, or days worked, as long as the contributions to the cost of family leave benefits have been paid for such periods of time.

If you’re not sure if you are covered for Paid Family Leave, you can speak to your employer.
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However, under the Paid Family Leave law, some categories of workers are excluded from the definition of “employee” and “employment.” Examples include licensed ministers, priests or rabbis persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity for a not-for-profit and those who work in service as a golf caddy. Although some categories of workers are not automatically covered for Paid Family Leave, such as those listed here, employers can choose to voluntarily cover them.

Most employees who work in New York State for private employers are eligible to take Paid Family Leave.
