Archive for February 2017

Cities across New Jersey Adopt Cookie Cutter Sick Leave Laws New Jersey townships and cities have been jumping on the sick leave wagon for the last two years. With few exceptions, the laws look nearly identical. Yet, New Jersey sick leave laws are a little different from sick leave laws passing across the rest of…

Overview of Bloomfield Paid Sick Leave Law In March, 2015 Bloomfield became the ninth city in New Jersey to pass an Earned Sick Leave Ordinance.  The township followed six other New Jersey Cities who all passed sick leave laws last year, including Passaic, East Orange, Paterson, Irvington, Trenton and  Montclair. Each of the sick leave…

Businesses in Jersey City must re-comply with the updated ordinance On September 26, 2013 Jersey City became one of the first cities in New Jersey to mandate paid sick leave for employees. The Jersey City Earned Sick Leave Law varies quite a bit from the later ordinances adopted by the other 12 municipalities within New…

Newark Township Businesses must be aware of many Sick Leave Laws On June 21, 2014, the Newark Paid Sick Leave Ordinance took effect. The Ordinance is officially known as “an Ordinance of the City to promote the Overall Health and Safety of the Residents and Workers in the City of Newark by Reducing the Risk…

The Township of Irvington Mandates Sick Leave for all Employees in City Limits In January of 2015, the Irvington, NJ Paid Sick Leave Ordinance took effect. The Ordinance is officially known as “an Ordinance to add a New Chapter to the Ordinances of Irvington and to  Promote the Overall Health and Safety of the Residents…

Paterson City Paid Sick Time Ordinance On January 7, 2015, Paterson became the fifth city in New Jersey to implement a sick leave law for employees. The Ordinance is officially called “An Ordinance Creating Paterson Code Chapter 412, Entitled “Sick Leave for Private Employees” Unofficially, the Ordinance is known as the Paterson Earned Sick Leave…

Passaic City jumps on the Sick Leave Bandwagon Effective January 3, 2015, most Passaic employees obtained the right to paid sick days. The new ordinance is officially called “An Ordinance to Add a New Chapter to the Ordinances of Passaic to Promote the Overall Health and Safety of the Residences and Workers of the City…

Overview of Elizabeth’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance On November 3, 2015 citizens of Elizabeth voted an initiative to mandate Paid Sick Leave by privately held employers. Elizabeth Township was the tenth city in New Jersey to ordinance paid sick leave for employees. Earlier in 2015, Bloomfield City council passed an Earned Sick Leave Ordinance and…

Montclair Paid Sick Time Ordinance Means more Compliance for Local Business. On March 4, 2015, the Montclair Paid Sick Time Ordinance took effect and employees in the city started accruing sick leave. Also known as the Sick Leave Ordinance, it was voted into existence in November 2014 by the citizens of Montclair. The ordinance specifically…

Businesses in New Jersey must comply with an explosion of sick leave laws In September of 2014, East Orange, New Jersey passed a sick leave ordinance with three other cities, Montclair, Passaic, and Paterson, making nine New Jersey cities with mandatory paid sick leave for all employees. Newark and Jersey City were the first cities…