On the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the NJ Family Leave Program, legislators, labor leaders, business owners and every day citizens came together at the New Jersey Statehouse to celebrate the program’s success. The Family Leave Act provides New Jersey workers with paid time off, through a social insurance program, to bond with newborn or newly adopted children or care for a sick loved one.
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