New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 70 - PROHIBITED COVID-19 RELATED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12:70-1.1 - Purpose and scope

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 12:70-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to effectuate P.L. 2020, c. 9, which, during the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by Governor Murphy in Executive Order No. 103 (2020) concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, prohibits an employer from terminating or otherwise penalizing 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 that may infect others at the employee's workplace.

(b) The chapter shall apply to employers and employees.

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