In 2018, the law on paid maternity leave will take effect in New York

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Since January 1 in New York, a law will come into force, requiring employers to provide paid parental leave for parents of newborn babies, writes CBS.

Thus, New York will become the fourth US state to provide paid leave to care for a child; a similar measure is already in force in California, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

It is also possible to use the right to paid leave to care for a close relative with a serious illness or to help a loved one during the stay of a family member in the army.

The new measures, which will be applied to 6,4 by the millions of private sector employees, will be introduced within four years.

In 2018, employees will receive up to eight weeks of paid vacation, while retaining up to 50% (up to 652 dollars per week) salary. By the year of 2021, they can take up to 12 weeks of vacation, while retaining two-thirds of their average weekly wages.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the introduction of a law on paid vacations back in 2016. Then he said he regretted not spending time with his dying father, former governor Mario Cuomo, and noted that many people also have no such opportunity, because they cannot afford to leave work.

He signed this law in April 2016, along with a plan for phasing in the minimum wage to 15 dollars per hour.

Ultimately, employees themselves will pay for the right to paid leave - $1,65 per week will be deducted from their salaries.

Full-time employees will be eligible for this leave after 26 weeks of continuous service. Part-time employees will be able to go on paid leave after 175 days of work during the 52-week period.

The vacation period can be extended, since it is theoretically possible to subtract from the allotted period the days when the spouse or cancer spouse underwent a course of chemotherapy or an asthmatic child had bouts, but lawyers say that this process has yet to be sorted out.

New York's paid leave law is more generous than other states. California and New Jersey provide six weeks of paid leave, and Rhode Island provides four weeks.

Washington State also passed a law on paid family leave, which will ultimately be even more generous than in New York. In 2020, he will provide state payers with up to 12 weeks of paid leave while maintaining 90% wages.

In accordance with federal maternity leave law, employers with 50 and more employees must allow new parents 12 weeks of leave to care for newborns, but this leave is not paid.

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