Wage and Hour, Temporary Disability Insurance

New Jersey Minimum Wage Rates to Increase in 2025

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/18/2024

As the year comes to a close, New Jersey businesses need to be mindful of the yearly increases in state minimum wage rates. The New Jersey Department of Labor announced in a press release that effective January 1, 2025, the...more

New Jersey Amends Leave And Benefit Laws In Response To COVID-19

Fisher Phillips on 4/7/2020

New Jersey amended its Paid Sick Leave, Family Leave, Family Leave Insurance, and Temporary Disability Insurance laws in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The law, which is outlined below, went into effect immediately and is...more

New Jersey Puts Family First with Paid Family Leave Expansion

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/27/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an expansive paid family leave bill which provides for increased leave time and pay while on leave beginning in 2020, a broader definition of covered employers and...more

Time Off, With More Pay: New Jersey Expands Family Leave Entitlements

Genova Burns LLC on 2/22/2019

On February 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed an amendment into law that increases entitlements under the state’s paid temporary disability and family leave law. The new law significantly expands employee’s time off,...more

Paid Family Leave and $15 Minimum Wage Coming to New York

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/15/2016

New York has enacted legislation that, over the next several years, will phase in 12 weeks of paid family leave for all employees, as well as a $15 minimum wage in New York City and other parts of New York State. The...more

California Governor Signs Paid Family Leave Expansion Into Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/13/2016

On April 11, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will increase the wage replacement rate under the Paid Family Leave program for California workers from its current level of 55 percent to 60 or 70...more