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New York Paid Family Leave (PFL)

New York's Paid Family Leave program provides eligible employees with job-protected, paid time off to bond with a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, or assist with family obligations when a family member is deployed abroad on active military service.

Questions to ask the program

These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.

  • Does the person receiving care live in New York? Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.

What this record does not yet say

  • work location eligibility not home residency
  • current employment tenure and multiple employer construction rules
  • covered employer and optional public employer rules
  • qualifying family relationship and serious health condition
  • current family care request forms
  • income rule verification
  • a summary of what the benefit provides
  • a direct application link

How to apply

  • Search by your employer's name on the Workers' Compensation Board website to find your employer's Paid Family Leave insurance carrier.
  • fmla (companion)