Sentences with phrase «of paid family leave»

It creates a tax incentive of 25 percent of an employee's salary to businesses that provide two weeks of paid family leave.

And it will create a system of paid family leave starting in 2018 and increase the minimum wage to $ 15, using different formulas and procedures for different regions in the state.

They should be very excited about a bold, progressive budget that includes a much higher minimum wage and the establishment of a paid family leave program.

Right now, we only 13 percent of people have access to some form of paid family leave, and 5 percent of low - wage workers do.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

During the course of the paid family leave, the worker would be paid two - thirds of their average weekly wage, up to a maximum benefit level.

He has focused on his popular priorities of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

The budget would also implement a plan that would eventually offer up to 12 weeks of paid family leave off for workers to care for a baby or sick family member.

The governor urged the crowd to «fight the good fight» for the wage hike, as well as a system of paid family leave.

In his State of the State address on Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called for the passage of legislation that would ensure that state residents can take 12 weeks of paid family leave for a new child or a serious illness.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats also have differing versions of paid family leave in their budget proposals.

New Jersey is also one of just three states to offer paid family leave, with state laws that grant up to six weeks of paid family leave in a 12 - month period.

«Those are all fair questions and I think a lot of people support the concept of paid family leave, but like anything else the devil's in the details,» Flanagan said.

Reverend Justo Gonzalez (center) stands with faith and labor leaders who are advocating for the passage of legislation in favor of paid family leave for New York.

Also at 11 a.m., Buffalo faith leaders and advocates hold a press conference to urge the passage of Paid Family Leave legislation, Pilgrim - St.

Soon after speaking with Gotham Gazette, Klein introduced a new version of his paid family leave bill to the state Senate.

Senator Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan) asked Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young (R - Olean) for details of the paid family leave proposal, and a new counter terrorism program, that were supposed to be spelled out in the allocation that was before the chamber.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo rallied supporters of Paid Family Leave at events in both Buffalo and Harlem yesterday.

And at the same time, Hochul defended the wage hike as well as the approval of paid family leave, saying those are measures improving New Yorkers» lives.

Supporters of paid family leave in New York say they hope 2016 will be their year, but business groups are urging caution.

He pointed to the state's moratorium on fracking, the increase in the minimum wage increases and establishment of a paid family leave program as initiatives that grew out of the Green Party's agenda.

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In the twilight hours of Albany budget negotiations, legislators are hashing out the specifics of a paid family leave bill that would offer New Yorkers time off to care for new or ailing loved ones.

When fully phased - in, employees will be eligible for 12 weeks of paid family leave when caring for an infant, a family member with a serious health condition or to relieve family pressures when someone is called to active military service.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people,» said AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.

The Democratic - led Assembly in March approved a version of paid family leave which would expand the temporary disability insurance fund in order to pay for it.

Talks were also continuing on enacting paid family leave program, where employees would contribute to a fund to pay for up to 12 weeks of paid family leave per year.

CD: Sure, so as I mentioned, I've been in favor of paid family leave since I got into this race in October.

So Steve, he's walked his comments back and that's good, I'm glad that he's evolved but he was not originally supportive of paid family leave.

Advocates of paid family leave, who have been lobbying on the issue for years, say movement on the matter from the assembly Democrats and Cuomo has given them new hope.

New legislation has been proposed to enact a policy of paid family leave for employees of Albany County.

Cuomo has not been a vocal proponent of paid family leave in the past, saying just last month that he believed the Legislature had no «appetite» to consider such a proposal this session.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers reached a budget deal late Thursday that would eventually raise the minimum wage to $ 15, as well as create a program that would offer the longest period of paid family leave in the country.

Experts assess the state of paid family leave in the United States while President - elect made proposals on expanding benefits.

The group's Zack Hutchins says many businesses already voluntarily offer a form of paid family leave through extended vacation and sick time.

Interestingly, each house has included semblance of paid family leave, which Cuomo recently said the Legislature had «no appetite» for, but the plans are drastically different and could lead nowhere.

Gonzalez and his fellow advocates are urging Albany lawmakers to pass legislation in favor of paid family leave before the end of session on June 17th.

This fact sheet makes the child developmental case for New York state's enactment of paid family leave legislation.

His conference, he repeated, has successfully pushed for two minimum wage increases, a system of paid family leave as well as strict gun control during its six years working with the Republicans.

A spokesman for State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) said Friday that the majority is open to the concept of paid family leave and reviewing programs in other states.

But the IDC has frequently pointed to the legislative accomplishments since its inception in 2011, including multiple increases in the minimum wage and the creation of a paid family leave program.

Opponents, speaking on the Assembly floor, did not deny that there's a need for some form of paid family leave.

On Thursday, the Independent Democratic Conference unveiled its 2016 legislative agenda, which included a modified version of a paid family leave proposal the Conference's members introduced last year.

She cited a New York magazine analysis that claims the money could be used, among other things, to give 4.4 million unemployed Americans a $ 15 - per - hour job, or guarantee every worker 12 weeks of paid family leave at 66 percent of their monthly wages.

Last year, the business community was stung by a minimum wage increase that will eventually hit $ 15, and the approval of paid family leave.

Cuomo says one of this top priorities for the end of the legislative session, which finishes next month, is campaign finance reform, but Republicans who control the state Senate, and who already agreed to a minimum wage increase and the establishment of a paid family leave program as part of the budget in March, have already indicated they are not eager to give the Democratic governor any more of his top priorities.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the head of the Independent Democratic Conference, has pushed for his own version of paid family leave.