New York Update: Expansion of Paid Family Leave

JD Supra reports on the likely expansion of New York Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) to certain situations involving bereavement:

The first bill would make NYPFL available for bereavement upon the death of an employee’s family member. Under NYPFL, “family member” includes the employee’s child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, or domestic partner. To take bereavement NYPFL, an employee would need to provide notice to his or her employer “as soon as practicable” under the circumstances. The employee would also need to file a claim with the NYPFL insurance carrier, including filing the family member’s death certificate, to receive the monetary benefits of NYPFL. Like all other NYPFL leave benefits, bereavement NYPFL would only be available to “eligible employees,” meaning an employee whose regular schedule is 20 or more hours per week and who has worked for the employer for at least 26 consecutive weeks or whose regular schedule is less than 20 hours per week and has worked at least 175 days for the employer.