Purpose

To inform agencies of the 2019 rate for the New York State Paid Family Leave Program

Affected Employees

All employees eligible for the New York State Paid Family Leave Program

Background

The New York State Department of Financial Services has announced that the 2019 premium rate and the maximum weekly employee contribution for coverage will be 0.153% (0.00153) of an employee’s weekly wage. The maximum employee premium deduction for Paid Family Leave will be $107.97 per year.

Effective Dates

All 2019 paychecks

Eligibility Criteria

Employees with a regular work schedule of 20 or more hours per week are eligible after 26 consecutive weeks of employment.

Employees with a regular work schedule of less than 20 hours per week are eligible after 175 days worked.

OSC Actions

OSC will automatically increase the biweekly deduction for all eligible employees.

Agency Actions

Agencies should notify affected employees.

Tax information

The Paid Family Leave deduction will appear as an after tax deduction on the employee paycheck and will be reported on the employee Form W-2 for tax year 2019.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be emailed to the Tax and Compliance Mailbox.