Women Lawmakers Push Paid Sick Leave In New Jersey | ThinkProgress

Women Lawmakers Push Paid Sick Leave In New Jersey | ThinkProgress
JohnButts@JBMedia - Reports:
On Thursday, a group of women lawmakers were joined by union and community leaders to promote a bill that would guarantee New Jersey workers paid sick leave.
The bill, A4125, was introduced by Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg in the spring. It would give workers at companies with more than 11 people the ability to accrue up to seven days of paid sick leave a year and five days a year for those at smaller companies.
While New Jersey is one of just three states that offer workers paid family leave, the lawmakers say 1.2 million New Jersey residents don’t have access to paid time off if they or a loved one falls sick.
The battle in New Jersey comes as the fight to pass similar legislation heats up in Massachusetts. If either succeeds in passing a bill, it would join five other cities and the state of Connecticut. New York City was the latest to pass such a law, becoming the largest city in the country to guarantee workers paid sick leave.
 http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/09/2445531/paid-sick-leave-new-jersey/