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Legal Alert: New Jersey Enacts Domestic Violence Leave Law; Effective Nov. 1, 2013, Employers Must Provide 20 Days’ Leave for Victims

Filed Under: General (NJ)

Executive Summary: A bill providing protected leave to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault has been signed into law and is expected to take effect on November 1, 2013. The new law will require New Jersey employers with 25 or more employees to provide 20 days of job-protected leave to eligible employees.