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Article: N.J. offers 6 weeks of paid leave to workers
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2008
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey moved Monday to become the third
state to require companies to offer six weeks of paid leave to
workers wishing to care for a new child or sick relative.
The state Senate voted 21-15 to approve the bill that would offer
up to six weeks paid leave. The Assembly approved the Democratic
plan last month and Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine said he'll sign
it soon.
"People are served well by having their families near them and
supportive of them in times of great stress," said Corzine, noting
that his children helped him recover from a near-fatal car accident
a year ago.
Under the plan, which is backed heavily by organized labor and
opposed by Republicans and ...