S 295 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.

S 295 requires most private employers in New Jersey to provide employees with two hours of paid leave annually to vote in general elections. This applies to all employees (excluding construction workers under union contracts, per diem healthcare staff, and public employees already covered by existing voting leave policies) who give two business days' advance notice. Employers must offer fully paid leave usable at the start or end of a work shift on election day and display notices about the policy 10 days before elections. Violations would be enforced under New Jersey's existing wage law, with penalties including fines and employee lawsuits. The bill directly affects private-sector workers seeking to vote during general elections without losing pay.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
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