Beginning January 1, 2025, all New York employers are required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid “prenatal personal leave” following the enactment of New York’s Paid Prenatal Personal Leave Law (PPPL). The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) then built upon the state’s guidance and included additional requirements effective July 25, 2025.

New York City employers will also be required to prepare and distribute a written paid prenatal leave policy, issue an updated Notice of Employee Rights for both new hires and current employees, and provide certain information regarding prenatal leave on employee pay statements or in separate written documentation during weeks when prenatal leave is used. Additionally, each pay period in which prenatal leave is used, the pay statement must include the amount of paid prenatal leave used during the pay period and the total remaining balance of paid prenatal leave for the remainder of the 52-week period. New York City employers are also allowed to request documentation supporting an employee’s use of PPPL after the employee has been absent for more than three consecutive workdays.

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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Amended Paid Prenatal Leave Rules