NEWS: Beginning July 1, 2009, New Jersey law will provide up to six (6) weeks of Family Leave Insurance benefits. Benefits are payable to covered employees from either the New Jersey State Plan or an approved employer-provided private plan to:

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• Bond with a child during the first 12 months after the child’s birth, if the covered individual or the domestic partner or civil union partner of the covered individual, is a biological parent of the child, or the first 12 months after the placement of the child for adoption with the covered individual.











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• Care for a family member with a serious health condition supported by a certification provided by a health care provider. Claims may be filed for six consecutive weeks, for intermittent weeks or for 42 intermittent days during a 12 month period beginning with the first date of the claim.
  Family member means a child, spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner or parent of a covered individual.
  Child means a biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild or legal ward of a covered individual, child of a domestic partner of the covered individual, or child of a civil union partner of the covered individual, who is less than 19 years of age or is 19 years of age or older but incapable of self-care because of mental or physical impairment.

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See Department of Labor POSTER about the Family Leave Insurance provisions of the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law.


NOTE: The law does NOT force companies with fewer than 50 workers to guarantee those taking leave will have jobs when they return. [SOURCE]

Additional information:

1. Family Leave Insurance Fact Sheet
2. Information about The NJ Family Leave Act (FLA)
3. Form FL-1: APPLICATION FOR FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE BENEFITS

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