I went by what you guys wrote here and from the FPL site's:
Who pays for the benefit?
NYPFL is entirely funded by employees. Employers may collect the cost of Paid Family Leave through payroll deductions. The maximum employee contribution in 2021 is 0.511% of an employee’s weekly wage with a maximum annual contribution of $385.34. This amount is be deducted from employees’ post-tax income and is appear on their paystubs as a post-tax deduction.
However, my employer responded in email with the amounts were "taken accordingly". Before I tried to get them to elaborate, I went back and called the NY FPL helpline. They referenced a list of questions and read aloud one where someone says they changed jobs and if the new employer is able to start deductions all over again. She indicated that deductions/coverage is per employer.
That makes sense to me and while it means I pay double for no coverage 😉 it is understandable since coverage is per employer. The "maximum" line on their page should be made more clear and saw maximum anual PER EMPLOYER.
You cannot get a "refund" and filing a claim will likely result in more ruffled feathers than anything good.
(Unless someone received a DIFFERENT answer from NY PFL helpline - always possible due to the "level of training" they get 😉 but her answer sounded reasonable.)
