Employers with 100 or more employees must provide up to 56 hours of paid leave each calendar year. Private, nonprofit, and household employers that employ workers in New York City must provide safe and sick leave.In general, if you have worked more than 40 hours in a pay week, and are not "exempt", you must be paid an overtime rate for all hours over 40. We enforce the State Labor Laws for minimum wage, hours of work, employment of minors, payment of wages, farm labor, nursing mothers in the workplace, and more. New York state law doesn't require employers to provide vacation leave. Private employers in New York are not required to provide paid or unpaid vacation. Employers with 100 or more employees, regardless of income, must offer a minimum of 56 hours of paid leave annually. This pamphlet is intended to provide Employers and Employees with general information about their employment rights and responsibilities in New York State. Under the paid time off law, employees in New York State accrue sick and safe leave at the rate of one hour off for every thirty hours worked. An employer is required to pay out any remaining vacation days to an employee when they separate from the position if its policy or contract requires it.