NY Paid Family Leave: Out-Of-State Coverage

Q&A on Paid Family Leave For Employees Who Live Outside NY And Paid Family Leave Coverage

We frequently receive questions about NY-based employers with employees outside of NY – most of center around these concerns:

• Do employers who have employees outside of NY have to offer them PFL if they offer out-of-state DBL to them?
• Can NY employers extend the coverage to those in CT if they want - just like NYSDBL?
• What happens if you have employees in CT but the employer is located in NY?
• What about an employer with offices in NJ and CT but is a NY corporation?
• What about employees who work (telecommute) from home, outside of NY, for a NY employer?
• What if we want to provide out-of-state coverage as a NY-based company, and we have employees in NJ, which is a statutory state, too?
• My client is a contractor in NJ performing a lot of jobs in Manhattan. Do they need PFL?

On the flip side, we also hear these a lot:

• How about employers outside NY with employees working inside New York State?
• How about New Yorkers who work outside of New York State?

So many questions and scenarios, one simple chart to answer them all!

 

*If employing at least 1 employee for 30+ days each in a calendar year in New York whether working at a local NY work site or working remotely from NY (for example, telecommuting from home in NY.)

**Optional coverage must be provided to all eligible employees by the employer; it is not on an individual basis.