Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Adopts State Rules
Effective July 2, 2025, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has amended the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act to make the state’s paid prenatal leave requirements apply to employers in the city. The DWCP made it clear, though, that such action did not create any new type of leave of absence for workers, but simply incorporated the new state mandates by reference. Those provisions, found in the New York State Paid Prenatal Leave Act (effective January 1, 2025) mandate that employers grant employees up to 20 hours of paid personal time during any 52-week period, to be used to obtain health care treatment or services related to a pregnancy. According to the new rules promulgated by the DCWP:
- When employees take paid prenatal leave, the employer must note such leave during the pay period in which it was taken and must notify the employee of how much paid time off remains
- The employer must maintain records documenting date, time and amount paid to workers for prenatal time off
- Employers must provide employees with a copy of the company’s paid prenatal leave policy within 14 days of the commencement of employment or of any change in the policy
- Employers must provide employees with a copy of the most current Notice of Employee Rights: Safe and Sick Leave
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