Leading experts Blue Carreker of Citizen Action of New York and New York Statewide Paid Leave Coalition and Sherry Leiwant of A Better Balance joined PowHerNY for a special information session on emergency and permanent Paid Leave Benefits for New Yorkers. Watch the webinar below to learn:
- Who is covered now under state and federal law, and in the future?
- How do workers navigate the system?
- And, what can we do to expand benefits to uncovered workers?
The Webinar
Resources
- Learn more about jobs protected by the NYS Paid Leave Law from Citizen Action of New York.
- Take a look at A Better Balance’s resources including a FAQ for New York worker’s state, local, and/or federal rights to paid sick days and a factsheet on New York State’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave Legislation.
- Sign Family Values at Work’s Paid Leave for All letter to Congress asking for expanded paid sick days and paid leave in the next relief package, especially for essential and frontline workers.
- Check out Gender Equality Law Center’s toolkit for “NYC Workers Affected by COVID-19.”