The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently released an updated Notice of Employee Rights under the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). The Notice was updated to reflect new employee entitlements to unpaid sick/safe time and paid prenatal leave. You can read more about those updated entitlements in our prior alerts here and here. Employers must distribute the updated Notice to all current employees immediately and all new hires going forward. Employes must also update their workplace posters to include the updated Notice. Note that the updated Notice and guidance use the term “Protected Time Off” to refer to paid and unpaid sick/safe time.

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