GNYADA 2019 Membership Directory & Services Guide

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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 or who is preparing for or recovering from organ or tissue donation; • 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. 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 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.

Weeks

Year

Benefit

of Leave

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

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