NEW JERSEY — When a New Jersey resident welcomes a new child to their family – or has to care for a loved one who is ill – they deserve some time away from the job to take care of the truly important business in life. But as many as 1.7 million employees in the state aren’t covered under a law that is designed to protect this important right – and it’s time to finally stick up for them, advocates say.
A recent update to a study conducted by the Rutgers’ Center for Women and Work found that 1.7 million workers lack job protection coverage under the NJ Family Leave Act (NJFLA) – even though all employees in the state fuel the program with each paycheck.
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