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The Westchester County Human Rights Commission (the Commission ) has announced that the county s Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect on April 10, 2019, has been
preempted by New York s Paid Sick Leave Law ( Law or PSLL ), which took effect on September 30, 2020.
Westchester County s law had required that eligible employees
accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked, up to a
maximum of 40 hours per year.
As we previously covered, the PSLL applies to
all private employers and employees in New York State, and requires
The Westchester County Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) has announced that the county’s Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect on April 10, 2019, has been preempted by.
The Westchester County Human Rights Commission announced that the county’s Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect on April 10, 2019, has been preempted by New York’s Paid Sick Leave Law which took effect on September 30, 2020.
Part VII of our “Paid Leave and Coronavirus” series, the New York COVID-19 Paid Leave Law provides for job-protected employer funded paid and unpaid sick leave,[1] as well as an expansion of the state’s paid family leave (“PFL”) and statutory disability benefits, to certain employees who are “subject to mandatory or precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation” related to COVID-19. Unlike most other state and local COVID-19 emergency or supplemental paid sick leave mandates in the United States,[2] the Law does not have a specified sunset date or criteria. The specific amount and type of COVID-19 leave available to employees under the Law is as follows:
Watertown Daily Times The union representing New York’s corrections officers has filed suit in state Supreme Court against two state departments alleging mandatory paid sick leave was denied during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. Filed Friday in Albany County, the suit names the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and the Department of Civil Service on the basis of three violations to Paid Sick Leave Law, the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations Quarantine Leave Policy and DCS’ Leave of Quarantine policy. The New York State Corrections Officers and Police Benevolent Association and six corrections officers are requesting for a judgment through an Article 78 proceeding, which asks the court to review actions by a state body.