If you have any related questions, please contact Joan Zaw and Debbie Poon.

New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits (PFL) are available for certain Staff Titles through Collective Bargaining Agreements.  PFL is an employee-funded insurance policy that provides job protected, paid time-off to:

• Bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child;
• Care for a family member with a serious health condition;
• Assist loved ones when a family member is deployed in a foreign country on active military service.

Eligible employees who work at Senior Colleges (on New York State Payroll) are covered under a Paid Family Leave Insurance Policy provided by the Standard.

Payroll deductions for this benefit is mandatory for eligible employees and can only be waived in limited circumstances:

• If you work 20+ hours per week but will not work for 26 consecutive weeks
• If you work less than 20 hours per week but will not work 175 days in a year

2023 Changes

• Payroll Deduction: 0.455% of wages per pay period with an annual maximum of $399.43 (In 2022 -0.511% of wages with a maximum of $423.71/year)
• Maximum Weekly Benefit: $1,131.08 (In 2022 – $1,068.36/week)
• Updated definition of Family: as of 1/1/2023 eligible employees can take PFL to care for siblings with a serious health condition. Siblings include biological siblings, adopted siblings, stepsiblings and half-siblings
• Plumbers Local 1 has opted into Paid Family Leave. On the April 6, 2023 paycheck, employees in the below titles will begin to see their PFL deductions.

For more information on the PFL benefits, eligibility, cost and how to file a claim, follow the links below for more information.

• At a Glance
• Paid Family Leave webpage
• Statement of Rights for Paid Family Leave – Plumbers Local 1