Jackson Lewis: New Jersey Enacts Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donors | Practical Law

Jackson Lewis: New Jersey Enacts Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donors | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses the amendment of New Jersey's Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDB) to provide up to 26 weeks of job-protected leave during "a period of disability" that results specifically from the employee donating bone marrow or an organ. An employee on disability for donating an organ or bone marrow is not subject to the typical one-week waiting period to receive disability benefit payments and must be restored to the employee's former position or an equivalent position of similar pay, benefits, and seniority. The new law becomes effective on May 20, 2020.

Jackson Lewis: New Jersey Enacts Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donors

Practical Law Legal Update w-023-7431 (Approx. 3 pages)

Jackson Lewis: New Jersey Enacts Leave for Organ and Bone Marrow Donors

by Jackson Lewis P.C.
Published on 22 Jan 2020New Jersey
This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses the amendment of New Jersey's Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDB) to provide up to 26 weeks of job-protected leave during "a period of disability" that results specifically from the employee donating bone marrow or an organ. An employee on disability for donating an organ or bone marrow is not subject to the typical one-week waiting period to receive disability benefit payments and must be restored to the employee's former position or an equivalent position of similar pay, benefits, and seniority. The new law becomes effective on May 20, 2020.