P.L. 2020, c. 9 (Assembly Bill 3848)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey; Legislature (enforced by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development) · New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

P.L. 2020, c. 9

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20 (§ 3: 'This act shall take effect immediately') (read as 2020-03-20)

End

Operative 'during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020'; the public health emergency ended June 4, 2021 (P.L. 2021, c. 103) while the state of emergency continued through 2021 Q3 and after (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every New Jersey employer

Functions reached

• WF workforce availability (protected absence of ill or exposed employees)
• HR discipline and reinstatement
• OP staffing

Collection

State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

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

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