Another key item on the Legislature’s agenda ran into the discord and gridlock that permeates the Senate and Assembly relationship – this time, paid sick leave.
New Jersey's most influential business groups have formed a new policy organization to challenge minimum wage, pension and paid sick leave measures coming from the Democrat-led Legislature.
Should paid sick leave be mandatory in New Jersey? The state Senate Labor Committee has released a bill that would require all employers to offer a certain number of paid sick days to workers, depending on the size of the company.
A report finds that the battle over whether New Jersey should require businesses to offer workers paid sick leave was the most heavily lobbied in the state last year.