A recently enacted New York law provides for job protected paid sick and unpaid leave, as well as an expansion of the state’s paid family leave and disability benefits, to certain employees who are “subject to mandatory or precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation” related to COVID-19.
- Employers with 10 or fewer employees and a net income of $1 million or less: Must provide unpaid sick leave for the entire period of quarantine or isolation, and employees will be eligible for New York Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) and statutory disability benefits.
- Employers with 10 or fewer employees and a net income greater than $1 million: Must provide five (5) days of paidsick leave, and unpaid leave for the remainder of the quarantine or isolation. After exhausting the five (5) days of paid sick leave, employees are eligible for paid family leave and disability benefits.
- Employers with 11-99 employees: Must provide at least five (5) days of paidsick leave, and unpaid leave through the end of the period of quarantine or isolation. After five (5) days of sick leave, employees are eligible for paid family leave and disability benefits.
- Employers with 100 or more employees and all public employers: Must provide at least fourteen (14) days of paid sick leave.