With New Jersey in a state of emergency and a health emergency because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and with Gov. Phil Murphy stating that all gatherings of 250 people or more should be canceled, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO is gathering important facts and useful links to help working families get through this crisis.
Click here for the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site.
Official New Jersey Department of Health updates on the coronavirus in the state: https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/ncov.shtml
Health updates and related New Jersey news, from The Star-Ledger: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/
Time-off benefits:
New Jersey has some of the best worker protections regarding Paid Family Leave and paid sick time, benefits that your New Jersey State AFL-CIO championed. All employees – full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal – are covered.
The state Department of Labor & Workforce Development explains: New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law even covers public health emergencies – employees can use earned sick leave if their workplace or child’s school or day care is closed due to an epidemic, or if a public health authority determines the need for a quarantine.
A full official listing of your benefits under New Jersey Paid Family Leave and other workplace laws: https://www.nj.gov/labor/worker-protections/earnedsick/covid.shtml
New Jersey Executive Order about state employee rights and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
An explainer about time-off benefits in the state, from New Jersey Spotlight: https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/03/explainer-sick-leave-in-new-jersey-what-the-law-provides/
Resource pages or tools from the national AFL-CIO and some affiliated unions:
AFL-CIO – https://aflcio.org/covid-19
AFGE – www.afge.org/coronavirus
AFSCME – https://www.afscme.org/covid-19
Cincinnati – https://conta.cc/2TCl8j1
COSH – https://nationalcosh.org/coronavirus
Flight Attendants – https://www.afacwa.org/coronavirus
Machinists – https://www.goiam.org/news/iam-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-center/
SEIU, con gráficos en español– https://www.seiu32bj.org/coronavirus-guidance/?emci=f27dbb34-1a62-ea11-a94c-00155d03b5dd&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid
Transport Workers – http://www.twu.org/health-safety/
The New Jersey State AFL-CIO will post updates and share material from additional sectors of labor as they arrive.
Stay healthy. Stay strong!