On 17 January 2026, outgoing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill No. 3451 (AB 3451), expanding the category of employers covered by the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) and the employees eligible to take leave under the NJFLA. Previously, the NJFLA applied only to employers with 30 or more employees; starting on 17 July 2026, the NJFLA will now cover employers with 15 or more employees. The changes also will broaden employee eligibility by reducing the length of service requirements. AB 3451 also introduces amendments regarding employees who use Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) or Family Leave Insurance (FLI) benefits that raise a question regarding job reinstatement rights for those employees.
The NJFLA affords eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave during a 24-month period (1) to care for or bond with a child within the first year of the child’s birth or placement through adoption or foster care, (2) to care for a family member or a family member-equivalent with a serious health condition, and (3) during a state of emergency to either care for a family member or a family member-equivalent who has been isolated or quarantined because of suspected exposure to a communicable disease, or to provide care or treatment for a child if the child’s school or place of care is closed by order of a public official due to an epidemic of a communicable disease or other public health emergency. Employees...
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