Background & Research on Paid Leave
FACT SHEET ON JOB PROTECTION AND PAID FAMILY LEAVE IN NJ
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Eligibility between job protection & paid leave graphic
The distinction between eligibility for New Jersey’s paid famly leave program, Family Leave Insurance (FLI) and the two laws that cover job protection eligibility — NJFLA and FMLA are complicated, confusing and leave huge gaps in coverage. Click to see the graphic breakout
Research on Paid Leave
Rutger’s Center for Women and Work
An Update on Job Protection Gaps under the New Jersey Family Leave Act
Implementation of Paid Family Leave in New Jersey: A Promising Work in Progress
NJFLA Coverage Gaps: Who has job protection under NJFLA (and who is left behind)?
The Shift Project
Paid Family Leave and New Jersey’s Service Sector Workforce
Paid Family and Medical Leave in the U.S. Service Sector
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Improving Access to Paid Family Leave to Achieve Health Equity
The Hedrich Center for Workforce Development
JUNE 2023 New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program: Measuring the Awareness and Opinions of New Jersey Workers, October 2020 to July 2022
MAY 2022 New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program: Measuring the Awareness and Opinions of New Jersey Workers, October 2020 to Oct 2021
Arabella Advisors
Driving Implementation of State Paid Leave Programs; The Role of Philanthropy in Ensuring Access to Paid Family and Medical Leave
New America, Better Life Labs
New Jersey Policy Perspective
More Than One in Five New Jersey Workers Can Still Be Fired for Taking Paid Family Leave
Boosting Families, Boosting the Economy: How to Improve New Jersey’s Paid Family Leave Program
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
Better Outreach and Employer Engagement Critical to New Jersey Paid Family Leave Program
National Partnership for Women and Families
Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave: Best Practices in State Paid Leave Implementation
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Center for American Progress
America’s Small Businesses Need a National Paid Leave Program
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Working People Need Access to Paid Leave
OTHER STATES’ RESEARCH:
Washington Employment Security Department
Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave Annual Report
Center for Law and Social Policy(CLASP)
National Partnership for Women and Families and Main Street Alliance.
How Small Employers can Help Meet the Promise of Paid Leave
State of California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Paid Family Leave Market Research
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Passing Paid Leave Laws is Just the Beginning: Lessons from the Field on Raising Awareness
Berkeley
Expanded Job Protection Improves Racial and Socioeconomic Equity of Parental Leave Access