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See next [page or visit](page or visit PaidFamilyLeave.ny.gov/eligibility)[ PaidFamilyLeave.ny.gov/eligibility](page or visit PaidFamilyLeave.ny.gov/eligibility). |\n| --- | --- |\n| ■ | Plan your leave. Leave can be taken all at once or intermittently, but must be taken in full-day increments. |\n| ■ | Notify your employer at least 30 days in advance, if foreseeable, or as soon as possible. |\n\n\n| ■ | Complete the Request for Paid Family Leave (Form PFL-1) .\u003Cbr>Note: This form has sections that need to be completed by you and by your employer.\u003Cbr>􀀅 Fill out your section, make a copy, and give the form to your employer to fill out Part B.\u003Cbr>􀀅 Your employer is required to return Form PFL-1 to you within three business days. If there is a delay, you do not have to wait to proceed. Send the Form PFL-1 that you have filled out, along with the rest of your request package, directly to your employer's insurance carrier. |\n| --- | --- |\n| ■ | Complete the Bonding Certification (Form PFL-2).\u003Cbr>􀀅 Complete Form PFL-2 and attach the required documentation. (See next page for details.) |\n\n\n| ■ | You must submit your completed request package to your employer’s insurance carrier within 30 days after the start of your leave to avoid losing benefits.\u003Cbr>Keep a copy of all forms and documentation foryour records. | Mail or fax your Form PFL-1 and Form PFL-2, and required documentation to your employer’s insurance carrier.\u003Cbr>To find out who your employer’s insurance carrier is, you can:\u003Cbr>■ Look for the Paid Family Leave poster in your workplace.\u003Cbr>■ Ask your employer.\u003Cbr>■ Look it up using the employer coverage search application [on](on wcb.ny.gov)[ wcb.ny.gov](on wcb.ny.gov). If you cannot find your employer’s insurance carrier, call the Paid Family Leave (PFL) Helpline for assistance: (844) 337-6303\u003Cbr>The PFL Helpline is available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Please do NOT submit your request package to the NYS Workers’Compensation Board. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n| PART A-EMPLOYEE INFORMATION (to be completed by the employee) |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| The employee requesting PFL must complete all required information. |  |\n| \u003Cbr>PFL Request (to be completed by the employee) |  |\n| Question 12: A child includes a biological, adopted, or fostered child, a stepchild, a legal ward, a child of a domestic partner, or the person to whom the employee stands in loco parentis. A parent is defined as a biological, foster, or adoptive parent, parent-in-law, a stepparent, a legal guardian, or other person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a child.\u003Cbr>Question 13: If dates are “Continuous,” the employee must provide the start and end dates of the requested PFL. These dates should be the actual dates that the PFL will begin and end. If uncertain, estimate the start and end dates and indicate “Dates are estimated.” If dates are“Periodic,” enter the dates PFL will be taken. Please be as specific as possible. If the dates are unknown or estimated, | indicate “Dates are estimated.”\u003Cbr>If dates are estimated, the PFL carrier may require you to submit a request for payment after the PFL day is taken. Payment for approved claims will be due as soon as possible but in no event more than 18 days from the date of the completed request.\u003Cbr>Question 14: If the employee is submitting the PFL request to their employer with less than 30 days’ advance notice from the start date of the PFL, the employee must explain why 30 days’ notice could not be given. If the explanation will not fit in the space provided on the form, enter “See attached” and add an attachment with the explanation. Be sure to include the employee’s full name and their date of birth at the top of the attachment. |\n| \u003Cbr>Employment Information (to be completed by the employee) |  |\n| Question 16: Enter the date of hire to the best of the employee’s recollection. 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