• Effective January 1, 2025, any privately employed pregnant New Yorker will now be able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid sick leave for prenatal care. • Pregnancy-related health care includes: - Physical examinations - Medical procedures - Monitoring - Testing - Discussions with a health care provider needed to ensure a healthy pregnancy - Fertility treatment - End of pregnancy care • Paid prenatal leave benefits are in addition to New York State Paid Family Leave, existing employer-provided leave and existing sick leave benefits • This law is applicable to both full-time and part-time employees. • An employee does not need to work a minimum number of hours to accrue prenatal leave • Your employer cannot ask for personal confidential information about your health & cannot request that you submit medical records to use paid prenatal leave. #pregnant #pregnancy #pregnancyjourney #firsttimemom #pregnancytest #nycmom #brooklynmom #bronxmom #prenatalvitamins #6weekspregnant #10weekspregnant #20weekspregnant