{"id":36894,"date":"2025-11-12T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36894\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:12:09","slug":"new-york-citys-expanded-safe-and-sick-leave-bill-becomes-law-employee-rights-labour-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36894\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City’s Expanded Safe And Sick Leave Bill Becomes Law – Employee Rights\/ Labour Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n New York employers must prepare to revise their sick and safe leave policies in the new year. As described in our recent advisory, the New York City Council approved a bill that broadens entitlements… \n <\/p>\n


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New York employers must prepare to revise their sick and safe
\nleave policies in the new year. As described in our recent advisory<\/a>, the New York City Council approved a
\nbill<\/a> that broadens entitlements under the
\ncity’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”). The
\nbill became law (the “Law”) on October 25, 2025, after
\nMayor Eric Adams returned the bill unsigned and will go into effect
\non February 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

Along with providing additional reasons for the use of ESSTA
\nleave, the Law requires employers to provide employees with an
\nadditional 32 hours of unpaid sick\/safe time upon hire and on the
\nfirst day of each calendar year. Additionally, the Law consolidates
\nESSTA coverage with an employee’s rights under the NYC
\nTemporary Schedule Change Act (“TSCA”). Since leave for
\n“personal events” is now covered under ESSTA, the TSCA
\nwill be eliminated. Finally, the Law includes a statutory
\nentitlement to paid parental leave as an element of ESSTA, which
\nprovides 20 hours of leave in addition to the paid sick and safe
\ntime to which an employee is already entitled (see our prior advisory<\/a> on paid parental leave).<\/p>\n

To be ready to comply with the new Law by February 22, 2026, New
\nYork City employers should:<\/p>\n


\nReview and update their leave policies to reflect the new
\nrequirements, particularly the separate bank of unpaid sick and
\nsafe time.
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\nRemove any policies related to the TSCA.
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\nTrain managers on the new law so that they may be able to
\nhandle requests by employees for leave. <\/p>\n

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