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COVID-19 Work Benefits Guide NJ

This document provides information on various paid sick time, family leave, unemployment insurance, and disability insurance benefits available for different COVID-19 related work situations under federal, New Jersey state law, and temporary emergency laws. It outlines 12 scenarios where a worker may need time off or lose work/wages due to the virus and indicates which laws or benefits could potentially provide paid leave, wage replacement, or protection from job loss for each scenario. The document directs readers to government websites for full details on eligibility and application processes for these programs and notes that benefits cannot be received from multiple sources at the same time.

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COVID-19 Work Benefits Guide NJ

This document provides information on various paid sick time, family leave, unemployment insurance, and disability insurance benefits available for different COVID-19 related work situations under federal, New Jersey state law, and temporary emergency laws. It outlines 12 scenarios where a worker may need time off or lose work/wages due to the virus and indicates which laws or benefits could potentially provide paid leave, wage replacement, or protection from job loss for each scenario. The document directs readers to government websites for full details on eligibility and application processes for these programs and notes that benefits cannot be received from multiple sources at the same time.

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COVID-19 SCENARIOS & BENEFITS AVAILABLE

PAID SICK TIME

Worker needs time to Federal


Emergency Law:
Federal
Emergency Law:
NJ Law: Unemploy- NJ Law:

instead of
Earned Sick ment Family Leave
care for others

After or
Childcare Paid Sick Leave Insurance Insurance
FMLA* Leave* mysickdays. myunemploy- myleavebene-
dol.gov dol.gov nj.gov ment.nj.gov fits.nj.gov

1 Employee unable to work because must care for


child(ren) at home due to coronavirus closure

2 Worker is caring for family member who is diagnosed, or


in isolation or quarantine with suspicion of exposure

NJ Law:
Federal NJ Law: Unemploy-
Worker is sick or Emergency Law: Earned Sick ment
Temporary

instead of
Paid Sick Disability
Leave Insurance

After or
loses work Leave*
dol.gov
mysickdays.
nj.gov
myunemploy-
ment.nj.gov
Insurance
myleavebene-
fits.nj.gov

3
Worker who has COVID-19, or symptoms of COVID-19

4
Person who is out of work because employer voluntarily closed

5
Person who is out of work because employer was ordered closed

6 Worker has less hours available due to business slow down


or lack of demand

7 Employer stays open in defiance of State closure or public health


order, and worker refuses to work

8 Employer permitted to be open, but worker is afraid of gathering


in a group and refuses to work (self-distancing)

9 Worker is advised by healthcare provider or public health authority


to quarantine

10 Health care provider exposed at work and recommended by


medical professional to self-quarantine

11 Freelance, independent contractor or “gig” worker has no work


or lost hours due to public health emergency

12 Worker received 26 weeks of unemployment;


worker remains unemployed

Employer pays sick leave and childcare FMLA; others require application to the State. You cannot
YES NO MAYBE receive pay or benefits from more than one program/law at the same time.
(PLEASE APPLY;
EVALUATED CASE * Effective April 1, 2020: New federal law requires covered employers to provide emergency paid
BY CASE) sick leave to certain employees to care for themselves or a family member due to coronavirus
illness, symptoms, quarantine or school/child care closure. The Federal Family and Medical
Leave Act (FMLA) has also been amended to provide job-protected emergency paid leave to
employees who are unable to work because their child does not have school or child care, due
to coronavirus. See nj.gov/labor for details. The U.S. Department of Labor will be issuing further
guidance and this document may be updated as more information becomes available.

A person who has, because of their employment, contracted COVID-19 at work could be eligible
NJ.GOV/LABOR for Workers’ Compensation and would file through their employer.

The information on this flier is meant to give a general picture of benefits and rights available in
LAST UPDATED: 4.16.2020 certain COVID-19 work-related situations. Documentation may be required.

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