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Answers on When Employees Can Use Leave Laws if Children Are Learning Remotely

Oct06,2020

The state has a new webpage providing guidance on when state and federal leave laws cover employees whose children are attending school remotely, or on staggered schedules, due to COVID-19. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) produced the materials to help employees determine what income-replacement, paid leave, and job protection benefits are available […]

NJ Labor Department to Begin Making PUA Payments to Sole Proprietors and Independent Contractors

Apr29,2020

By NJBIA

TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced that recipients of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) to the self-employed, independent contractors and others who are not usually eligible for unemployment insurance benefits will start being notified of their PUA eligibility on Wednesday, and the Department will begin making payments Friday. PUA is a new program authorized by Congress as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide […]

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