Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Earned Sick Leave (paid). Family Leave Insurance (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Earned Sick Leave
Paid
yes
Condition
Up to a maximum of 40 hours of leave per benefit year. “Benefit year” means any regular and consecutive 12-month period of time determined by your employer. Alternatively, your employer can provide you with 40 hours of earned sick leave up front. You may carry over up to 40 hours of unused earned sick leave into the next benefit year. However, your employer is required only to let you use up to 40 hours of leave per benefit year. Your rate of pay for earned sick leave must be your regular hourly rate, but no less than the state minimum wage.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
40
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Family Leave Insurance
Paid
yes
Condition
Up to 12 weeks of benefits in a 12-month period if claimed for one continuous period; up to 56 individual days (8 weeks) in a 12-month period if taken intermittently. Claimants are paid 85% of their average weekly wage, up to the maximum weekly benefit rate set for that calendar year ($1,119 per week in 2026). To qualify in 2026, you must have worked 20 weeks earning at least $310 weekly, or have earned a combined total of $15,500 in the base year. Financed 100% by worker payroll deductions; employers do not contribute.
Family Leave Insurance provides New Jersey workers cash benefits to bond with a newborn, newly adopted, newly placed foster child, or to provide care for a seriously ill or injured loved one. … Continuous Leave: You may receive up to 12 weeks of benefits in a 12-month period, if the benefits are claimed for one continuous period of unpaid leave. … you may receive up to 56 individual days (8 weeks) of Family Leave benefits in a 12-month period. … To qualify for Family Leave Insurance in 2026, you must have worked 20 weeks earning at least $310 weekly, or have earned a combined total of $15,500 in those four quarters (the base year). … Claimants are paid 85% of their average weekly wage, up to the maximum weekly benefit rate set for that calendar year. … In 2026, the maximum weekly benefit rate is $1,119 per week. … The family leave program is financed 100% by worker payroll deductions. Employers do not contribute to the program. … While receiving benefits, your job is protected under state and federal job protection laws.
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Employers of all sizes must provide full-time, part-time, and temporary employees with up to 40 hours of earned sick leave per year so they can care for themselves or a loved one. … You accrue 1 hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours of leave per benefit year. … Alternatively, your employer can provide you with 40 hours of earned sick leave up front. “Benefit year” means any regular and consecutive 12-month period of time determined by your employer. … You may carry over up to 40 hours of unused earned sick leave into the next benefit year. However, your employer is required only to let you use up to 40 hours of leave per benefit year. … Your employer must pay you when you use any NJ Earned Sick Leave to which you are entitled. … Your rate of pay for earned sick leave must be your regular hourly rate, but no less than the state minimum wage.