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Family Leave Insurance Legislation Introduced in Albany!

2012:  A6289 Nolan/S7547 McDonald
2009:  A8742 Silver/S5791 Savino


Paid Sick Legislation Introduced in NYC!
0097 Brewer

Paid Leave & Paid Sick Days
in the News!
Forbes - May 23rd
DNA Info - March 25th
Gotham Gazette - March 25th
New York Post - December 29th
Albany Times Union - July 27th
Post-Standard -July 5th
NY Times - June 2nd
Queens Chronicle - May 31st
Daily News - May 22, 2007
The New York Sun - May 18th and Coalition Response - May 22nd

 

 

 

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The New York Paid Leave Coalition and the Family Leave Insurance Campaign

At a time when a one-income family is a luxury few can afford, changes in family circumstances - whether it’s the birth of a new child or the serious illness of an older relative - put greater stress on the economic security of families than ever before.  Today, sixty-six percent of mothers of young children work outside the home and twenty percent of adults care for an elderly relative.  In 1993 the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted to provide 12 weeks unpaid, job protected leave for working families to care for their newborn or adopted child or sick family members.  For many working people, however, taking unpaid time off is virtually impossible, no matter how serious the situation.  

Family Leave Insurance provides a solution that allows working families to care for themselves without risking their economic security.  It would expand New York’s existing Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) program (which provides some wage replacement during a worker’s own non-work related temporary disability) to cover a worker who needs time off to care for a newborn or newly adopted child, or a seriously ill family member.  Workers would receive up to 12 weeks of benefits, funded through a modest increase in premiums paid within the existing TDI program.

Every day New Yorkers are forced to choose between a paycheck and caring for their own health and/or a sick family member.  Millions of New Yorkers do not have a single paid day off for illness a year.  This lack of paid sick time comes with a cost -- not just to those workers, but also to their families, to businesses, to public health, to children and to seniors.

Paid Sick Days provides a solution that allows working families who cannot afford to lose a day’s pay or risk loss of their job to care for themselves and their families.  It is important to adapt family-responsive policies like Paid Sick Days before the work-family conflicts experienced by an escalating number of Americans reach crisis level.  New York City can and should pass a law requiring employers to provide paid sick time for their employees.  Under their local home rule power the City Council of New York City has the authority to require employers in the City to provide paid sick days.

Take Action

Tell Albany to quit stalling! Pass Family Leave Insurance!

Sign the Petition to Support Passing Family Leave Insurance in NY!

Tell the Mayor and the City Council to Support the Working Families of New York City by Passing the Paid Sick Time Act!

Sign the Petition to Pass Paid Sick Days in NYC!

Contact your legislator!

Contact Us

New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition
P.O. Box 1698 Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113

Email: info@timetocareny.org