Four New Jersey municipalities—Passaic, Paterson, Irvington, and East Orange—recently enacted  ordinances requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees (collectively, the “Ordinances”). The Ordinances will take effect in January 20151 or, for employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), upon expiration of the CBA.2Similar laws already have taken effect in Newark and Jersey City, as well as several jurisdictions across the country, including the States of Connecticut and California, […]

Although it has been more than two decades since Congress enacted the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), many U.S. employers continue to grapple with the intricacies of its requirements. A recent decision from the Third Circuit (the federal appeals court for New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the Virgin Islands) illustrates how a decision that might appear to be common sense from a practical standpoint may nevertheless violate the FMLA.  In this case, […]