We have made it through six months of the current Legislative session and here is where things stand on employment and labor bills that the Legislature as acted on this year: Sick Leave – Following an aggressive campaign by NJBIA’s paid sick leave coalition and other stakeholders, the Senate has cancelled several scheduled votes on […]
Sick Leave
Paid Sick Leave Amendment
Yesterday, June 23, the Senate voted to amend S-799 (Weinberg, Sweeney). The two amendments would: Exempt employers with fewer than 10 employees. Clarify that an employee begins to accrue sick leave when the employee commences employment and shall be eligible to use the earned sick leave beginning on the 100th calendar day after the employee […]
NJBIA Legislative Update
Minimum Wage Bill Advancing May 26, 2016 (A-15/S-15) What Happened: The full Assembly approved legislation increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, making New Jersey only the third state in the nation to do so. A-15 would phase in what amounts to a 79 percent increase and provide for annual cost-of-living-increases on top of […]