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November 13, 2007
Urge Legislators to Support Paid Family Leave
The New Jersey State Legislature may consider voting on pending Paid Family Leave Legislation before the legislature goes on Holiday Break in mid-December.
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and the New Jersey Partnership for Working Families (www.njp4wf.org) strongly supports this legislation (S-2249).
Workers should not have to choose between their jobs and their ability to spend the first critical weeks of a child's life, or between a paycheck and a desire to care for a seriously ill family member. That is why we respectfully ask legislators to support this important legislation by becoming a cosponsor of S-2249 / A-3812.
This pro-family insurance policy will give workers the opportunity to take up to 10 weeks off at two-thirds of their pay to care for a sick family member, newborn or newly adopted child. Additionally, this benefit will be entirely funded by employee contributions and will not cost businesses in the state a penny.
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