{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-005","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey; Legislature (enforced by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Murphy Mar. 20, 2020","authority":"P.L. 2020, c. 9","instrument":"P.L. 2020, c. 9 (Assembly Bill 3848)","title":"An act concerning time off from work in connection with infectious disease and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (§ 3: \u0027This act shall take effect immediately\u0027)","end":"Operative \u0027during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020\u0027; the public health emergency ended June 4, 2021 (P.L. 2021, c. 103) while the state of emergency continued through 2021 Q3 and after","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["every New Jersey employer"],"clause":"1. An employer shall not, during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020 concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, terminate or otherwise penalize an employee if the employee requests or takes time off from work based on the written or electronically transmitted recommendation of a medical professional licensed in New Jersey that the employee take that time off for a specified period of time because the employee has, or is likely to have, an infectious disease...","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 34:11D-13: complaint to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or civil action; reinstatement ordered; $2,500 civil penalty per violation","functions":["WF workforce availability (protected absence of ill or exposed employees)","HR discipline and reinstatement","OP staffing"],"notes":"Every industry statewide; companion to EO 192 (NJ-036) and to P.L. 2020, c. 17 (Ex. 006).","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/PL20/9_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":114961,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-005","citation":"New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Murphy Mar. 20, 2020, P.L. 2020, c. 9 (Assembly Bill 3848) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-005)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-036"]}