On January 1, 2025, an amendment to New York Labor Law section 196-b, the state’s paid sick leave law, will go into effect. The amendment requires New York employers to provide employees with 20 hours of paid prenatal leave during any 52-week period.

The amendment provides that paid prenatal leave may be taken for “health care services received by an employee during their pregnancy or related to such pregnancy, including physical examinations, medical procedures, monitoring and testing, and discussions with a health care provider related to the pregnancy.”Continue Reading New York paid prenatal leave to go into effect on January 1, 2025