Mayor de Blasio Proposes Significant Expansion to NYC Sick Leave Law

For New York City employers, there’s a new sheriff in town.

Make that a new Mayor.

As we have reported previously, New York City recently enacted the Earned Sick Time Act, which requires most private employers to give up to 40 hours of sick leave a year to their employees working in the City.

Now, barely two weeks into his tenure – and more than two months before the law is slated to take effect on April 1 – Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a significant expansion to the Act’s provisions.

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