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Are Poles workaholics? [134]
In NY state, this is the law:
"Sick Leave Requirements
Employers with 100 or more employees must provide up to 56 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. Employers with 5-99 employees must provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. If net income is $1 million or less, employer must provide up to 40 hours of unpaid sick leave."So, the largest companies have to provide 7 days a year (56 hrs / 8 hr work week).
As regards Paid Family Leave, New York is sort of ahead of the rest of the rest of the country. Our governor adopted a new law in 2021. As an employer, here's what I am looking at:
1) I need to get Family Leave coverage for each of my employees.
2) I have to collect contributions from his/her salary to pay for the cost of coverage.
3) Process some BS form, and file it with the government.
Personally - I hate all of these things. Sick Leave, Family Leave, Worker's Comp, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, etc. It makes life miserable for small businesses, while being completely irrelevant in some other industries (like mine).
Though I'm sure it looks different from an employees perspective.... However, if I were an employee I would have preferred my employer just give me the cash equivalent of what he's paying various insurance agencies and the government.
