2018 GNYADA Membership Directory

How Can PFL Leave Be Used? An employee can take PFL leave at once or intermittently: • To care for a family member with a serious health condition; • To bond with a new child during the first 12 months after birth, adoption, or fostering; • To address needs arising out of a family member’s active military service. PFL cannot be used for the employee’s own health condition.

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What Is Included? • The number of available weeks and maximum pay, which is a percentage of the employee’s average weekly wage (AWW) capped at a percentage of the state average weekly wage (SAWW), will increase yearly until PFL is fully enacted in 2021. • An employee who takes PFL leave must be reinstated to their original position, or a comparable position with equal pay, upon returning to work. • An employer must maintain an employee’s group health plan benefits for the duration of leave as if the employee had continued to work. • While an employee may not lose any benefits accrued during employment prior to taking family leave, they do not accrue benefits during leave.

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WEEKS

YEAR

BENEFIT

OF LEAVE

2018

8 weeks

50% of employee’s AWW, up to 50% of SAWW

2019

10 weeks

55% of employee’s AWW, up to 55% of SAWW

2020

10 weeks

60% of employee’s AWW, up to 60% of SAWW

2021

12 weeks

67% of employee’s AWW, up to 67% of SAWW