Jersey City Ordinance to Require Sick Leave for All Private Sector Employees Working in City

In an effort to decrease public and private health care costs and promote preventive health services by enabling workers to seek early and routine medical care for themselves and their family members, Jersey City, New Jersey, has enacted a City Ordinance mandating that all private employers in the city provide their employees with paid or unpaid sick time. Ordinance No. 13.097 will take effect on January 23, 2014 (120 days after date of enactment), or at the expiration of current collective bargaining agreements for those employees working under such agreements. Jersey City is the first city in New Jersey and the sixth city nationwide to enact such legislation.