Yarrow Willman-Cole, workplace justice director at New Jersey Citizen Action, asked lawmakers to clarify sections of the bill that discuss whether the leave is covered by the Family Leave Act or temporary disability insurance and eliminate the different lengths of time someone can take.
She also expressed concerns about the bill creating a record of workers taking leave because of a stillbirth or abortion. She said this could have unintended consequences in a “world where reproductive freedoms are increasingly under attack and even criminalized.”
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