Paid Family Leave

Paid Family Leave in New York State

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New York State Paid Family Leave

On January 1, 2018, New York State launched its Paid Family Leave (PFL) program. Under the New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits Law, all eligible employees are entitled to job-protected, paid time off to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child; to care for a family member with a serious health condition; to assist loved ones when a spouse, domestic partner, child or parent is deployed abroad on active military service; or when an employee or their minor dependent child are subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19.

Generally, the PFL benefits are provided through insurance policies written as riders to short-term disability.

Annual Premium Rate for Paid Family Leave Benefits and Maximum Employee Contribution

In determining the community rate for 2025, DFS has reviewed claims, demographic, financial and other Paid Family Leave benefits data for calendar years 2018 - 2023 and for the first six months of 2024 for the Paid Family Leave program in New York, consistent with actuarial principles. DFS also has reviewed claims and demographic data for New York’s disability coverage, as disability insurers are required to include Paid Family Leave benefits coverage as a rider to their disability policies. In addition, DFS has reviewed available data from other states with enacted paid family leave programs (New Jersey, California, Rhode Island, and other states which enacted paid family leave programs), adjusting for differences between the programs in those states and New York State’s Paid Family Leave program. DFS also has reviewed information and data from the New York State Department of Labor, the United States Census Bureau, and other relevant sources.

Year

Max Duration

% of Wages

Maximum Weekly Benefit

2023

12 Weeks

67%

$1,131

2022

12 weeks

67%

$1,068

2021

12 weeks

67%

$972

2020

10 weeks

60%

$841

2019

10 weeks

55%

$746

2018

8 weeks

50%

$653

Carriers

DFS supervises and regulates all PFL insurance carriers. In addition to reviewing and approving policies, DFS mandates reporting from insurance carriers, manages risk adjustment, and sets the PFL contribution rate each September.

Get Help

The Workers’ Compensation Board is responsible for approving self-insured employers; PFL-related regulations; PFL outreach, communications, enforcement, and compliance; the PFL website content and publications; and PFL call center and customer service; and managing PFL discrimination and no-insurance cases.

Find your employer's PFL insurance carrier using the search function on the Workers' Compensation Board website.

New York State Paid Family Leave Report

PFL insurance carriers submit data on PFL to DFS on a yearly basis. The data in the Paid Family Leave report reflects the information collected by those insurance carriers from employee requesting leave.