A bill that will give New Jersey employees six weeks of paid sick leave to care for family members is expected to be signed by Governor Corzine next week, and become effective Jan. 1, 2009. From The New York Times:
After an unusually emotional debate bursting with political indignation and personal anguish, the State Senate narrowly approved legislation Monday that would make New Jersey the third state in the nation to give employees the right to take paid leave to care for a newborn or a sick relative.The measure would be financed by employee payroll deductions that would cost every worker in New Jersey a maximum of 64 cents a week, or $33 a year. Those taking the leave would be eligible for two-thirds of their salary, up to a maximum of $524 a week, for six weeks.
...The bill says companies with more than 50 employees must give the workers their jobs back when they return, but makes no such provision for workers at smaller companies.
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I thought this was covered under the NJ Family Leave Act? And if not what is the difference between the old and the new?
Or is the answer simply - since everything in NJ is so perfect, taxes are low, everyone has health care and jobs and paychecks fall from trees that our governor has time to re-invent the wheel?