Reminder for New York Employers: 2025 Updates to Leave and Benefit Entitlements – January 1, 2025

Written By Kevin McKernan

New York employers will be required to provide up to 20 hours of paid prenatal leave to pregnant employees during any 52-week period. 

  • New York's Workers’Compensation Law expands to allow workers to file claims for mental injury based on extraordinary work-related stress. 

  • The employee contribution rate and benefit amounts under New York Paid Family Leave will increase. 

July 31, 2025: 

  • New York's COVID-19 paid quarantine leave expires. Currently, New York law requires employers to provide paid sick leave in the event of an order of quarantine or isolation related to COVID-19, in addition to other leave entitlements. 

As these dates approach, employers in the Big Apple should ensure that their policies and practices reflect these updates and that human resources personnel are apprised of these changes.

This document is designed for general information only. The information presented in this document should not be construed to be formal legal or tax advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. 

For more information on this and other topics, please contact Kevin via any of the channels listed below:

📧 kevin@kmckernan.com  | 📞 718-317-5007

Kevin McKernan
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