Cuomo Vetoes Paid Leave Expansion

At the New York state level, the news was more favorable of late as Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill expanding the state paid leave mandates. The expansion, which was passed by the legislature back in the summer, would have expanded the availability of employee paid family leave to include bereavement for family members. Back…

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Cuomo Endorses Expansion of Paid Leave

Although he has still yet to sign the legislation or officially indicate that he will sign it, newly re-nominated democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made clear that he does intend to expand the state paid sick leave law to allow for bereavement leave of up to 12 weeks. The legislature passed the bereavement…

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