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AGENCY TESTIMONY
DCWP's support for Introduction 780
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Commissioner Mayuga expresses DCWP's support for Introduction 780, which would expand the reasons workers can use paid safe and sick time. The bill aims to provide more flexibility for workers to care for themselves and their loved ones.
- The bill would allow workers to use safe and sick time for caregiving needs and certain legal obligations
- It would add 16 hours of unpaid safe and sick time on top of existing paid leave
- The changes are estimated to benefit 1 million NYC households with children and 1.3 million caregivers
Vilda Vera Mayuga
0:07:43
Turning to today's legislations, DCWP supports introduction 780, which would provide New Yorkers with more protected reasons to take time off in order to care for themselves or their loved ones.
0:07:58
The bill expands the reasons a worker can use paid safe and sick time, enabling workers to care for their children or family members with disabilities.
0:08:08
It would also allow workers to use safe and sick time for certain legal obligations, such as a per hearing for SNAP benefits or a housing court hearing.
0:08:17
This bill would also require 16 hours of unpaid safe and sick time in addition to the 40 or 56 hours of paid safe and sick time that the law already provides.
0:08:30
In addition to expanding protections to the full universe of people currently covered by the paid safe and cyclic law, this bill would also benefit an estimated 1,000,000 households in New York City with children under the age of 18 and 1,300,000 New Yorkers who care for family members with disabilities.
0:08:50
We strongly support these amendments that are common sense changes to help keep New Yorkers healthy, safe, and housed.
0:08:57
DCWP is committed to ensuring that New Yorkers can exercise their rights under the Paid Safe and Sick Leave and Temporary Schedule Change law, and we applaud counsel for working to expand the protections that these laws afford.