Overtime Cases On Behalf Of Motor Vehicle Operators, Assistant Highway Repairers, and Parks Workers Settle Unpaid Overtime Claims

Contact: Hope Pordy, Esq.

The Firm has brought several cases on behalf of municipal employees in the titles of Motor Vehicle Operators, Assistant Highway Repairers, Department of Parks employees and High Pressure Planter Tenders, with co-counsel McGillivary Steele Elkin, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. These workers are represented by Local 983, AFSCME, District Council 37. 

Paid Time Off for Prenatal Care

On January 1, 2025, New York became the first state in the nation to offer paid time off for prenatal care or any medical care related to pregnancy. Any privately-employed pregnant New Yorker, no matter the size of the employer, will be able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid sick leave for prenatal care in addition to their existing sick leave per a 52-week period. The 52 week period begins when the employee first takes leave. The leave is only permitted by the pregnant employee.

The paid time off can be used for medical appointments, examination, procedures, testing and other health care services related to prenatal care such as fertility treatment or care appointments (including in vitro fertilization) and end-of-pregnancy care. Employees do not need to provide medical documentation to support the leave as such information constitutes confidential health care information.

As of July 2, 2025, the state prenatal leave requirements were incorporated into New York City’s paid sick leave statute, the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, and the NYC law requires not only 20-hours of leave but that employers distribute a written policy setting forth the prenatal leave requirements, issue individual notice to employees at time of hire, within 14 days of any changes or upon employee request, and that usage of prenatal leave must be included on an employee’s statements.

For more information about these new prenatal care leave requirements, or any other leave requirements such as FMLA or paid sick leave, please contact us.