Following a public hearing and comment period, on June 3, 2025, New York City adopted the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s (DCWP) proposed amended paid prenatal leave rules, which will go into effect on July 2, 2025. In light of the enactment of New York State’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law on January 1, 2025, the DCWP proposed amended rules related to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to incorporate the state’s Paid Prenatal Leave Law requirements, as well as impose additional requirements for New York City employers related to paid prenatal leave.

Quick Hits

• Effective January 1, 2025, New York employers are required to provide up to twenty hours of paid leave during any fifty-two–week period for employees to receive prenatal care as part of Section 196-b of the New York Labor Law (NYLL).
• In response to the state’s requirement, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection proposed amended rules, which were adopted on June 3, 2025, and will go into effect on July 2, 2025.
• New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act’s amended rules impose additional requirements beyond the state Paid Prenatal Leave Law, such as a required written policy, balance notification, and recordkeeping.
• The DCWP published an updated Notice of Employee Rights to include the right to paid prenatal leave.

Understanding Paid Prenatal Leave

The ESSTA’s amended rules provide that “paid prenatal leave” follows the state’s definition of “paid prenatal...

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