Under Mamdani, City to Probe Businesses Where Most Workers Take Zero Sick Days
THE CITY - NYC News • • business
Key Points:
- New York City will implement a compliance check requiring employers to ensure at least 50% of employees use paid time off annually, flagging businesses below this threshold for possible systemic violations of the city's paid time off law.
- The 50% benchmark is based on CDC data showing half of private sector employees with paid sick leave miss at least one workday per year due to illness or injury, with adjustments made for industry and company size.
- The city’s Protected Time Off Law covers approximately 3 million private-sector workers, granting a minimum of 32 hours unpaid and 40 hours paid time off annually for illness, injury, or urgent personal matters.
- Employers often claim low usage rates reflect worker choice, but investigations reveal illegal barriers such as insufficient
