{"id":2773,"date":"2023-02-17T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:18:55","slug":"2773","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/","title":{"rendered":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HeartFebruary 17, 2023 —<\/em> This week, acting at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Department of Civil Service published Policy Bulletin 2023-01, \u201c<\/span>Paid Parental Leave<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f<\/span>The new policy grants 12 weeks leave for any unrepresented employee of the State\u2019s executive agencies so that they may \u201cbond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.\u201d\u202f It is fully paid for by the State and employees who qualify will receive their entire salary during those 12 weeks<\/span>\u202f<\/span>without charge to accruals.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gov. Hochul said in her State of the State on Jan. 10 that she has instructed the Office of Employee Relations (OER) to negotiate similar agreements with state unions such as PEF as part of our collective bargaining agreement.\u202f It is PEF\u2019s position that a cost-free benefit like this \u2013 which does not require any payroll deduction \u2013 can be enacted immediately via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the union and OER. We have communicated that to OER and told them we will sign an MOU as soon as possible.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To be clear, this <\/span>is\u202fa new program and is different from the statutory\u202fPaid Family Leave Law, which requires payroll deductions and does not provide full pay for family leave absences covered by the law.\u202f\u202fThe new Paid Parental Leave program\u202fapplies to\u202fparents\u202ftaking leave to care for a newborn, or newly adopted or fostered child.\u202f But <\/span>it is what PEF has always advocated for \u2013 a true, cost-free benefit for State employees that can serve as a recruitment and retention tool and makes New York a desirable employer for many individuals. \u202fPEF thanks Gov. Hochul for recognizing that and pledge to work with her office to secure this valuable benefit for PEF members.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 17, 2023 — This week, acting at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Department of Civil Service published Policy Bulletin 2023-01, \u201cPaid Parental Leave<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 \u202fThe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-2773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-41-no-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us? - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 17, 2023 — This week, acting at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Department of Civil Service published Policy Bulletin 2023-01, \u201cPaid Parental Leave.\u201d\u00a0 \u202fThe...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF Communicator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ccanham\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ccanham\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ccanham\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4\"},\"headline\":\"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":300,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/\",\"name\":\"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us? - PEF Communicator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg\",\"width\":275,\"height\":258,\"caption\":\"Heart Calendar Icon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/2773\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Volume 41. No. 1\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-41-no-1\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"PEF Communicator\",\"description\":\"NYS PEF Communicator\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4\",\"name\":\"ccanham\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/author\\\/ccanham\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us? - PEF Communicator","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?","og_description":"February 17, 2023 — This week, acting at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, the New York Department of Civil Service published Policy Bulletin 2023-01, \u201cPaid Parental Leave.\u201d\u00a0 \u202fThe...","og_url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/","og_site_name":"PEF Communicator","article_published_time":"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"ccanham","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ccanham","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/"},"author":{"name":"ccanham","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4"},"headline":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?","datePublished":"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/"},"wordCount":300,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/","name":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us? - PEF Communicator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-17T14:59:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-09T15:18:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Heart-Cal-Story.jpg","width":275,"height":258,"caption":"Heart Calendar Icon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/2773\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Volume 41. No. 1","item":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New York grants paid parental leave to employees not represented by unions; PEF asks, why not us?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/","name":"PEF Communicator","description":"NYS PEF Communicator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0677b03b1fcdadfe00f4e905b97b90e4","name":"ccanham","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/author\/ccanham\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2773"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/division?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_regions?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_divisions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_divisions?post=2773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}