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New Jersey: Paid Family Leave

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Posted by Lori H. Ersolmaz on Jul. 27, 2012
6 min - Short Film - 642 Views

In May 2008, New Jersey became just the third state in the nation to enact paid family leave, a program that provides payments to workers who take time off for the specific purpose of bonding with a new child or to care for a seriously ill family member.
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