N.J. Admin. Code § 12:21-1.8 - Notice to workers
(a) Each employer shall post in each of the employer's worksites, in a place or places accessible to all employees at the worksite, a printed notification of covered individuals' rights relative to the receipt of family leave insurance benefits under P.L. 2008 , c. 17 and this chapter.
(b) Each employer shall provide each employee of the employer with a written copy of the notification referred to in (a) above under each of the following circumstances:
1. Not later than April 1, 2009;
2. At the time of the employee's hiring;
3. Whenever the employee provides notice to the employer under 12:21-3.7 or under the analogous provision within a private plan; and
4. At any time, upon the first request of the employee.
(c) The written notification under (b) above may be transmitted by the employer to the employee in electronic form.
(d) The notification poster referred to in (a) above and the written notification referred to in (b) above shall be made available by the Department to any employer upon request by the employer to the Department at the following address:
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Office of Constituent Relations
P.O. Box 110
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0110
(e) Notice, in a form approved by the Director, of the benefits provided by a private family leave insurance plan shall be furnished to the covered employees by the employer by a conspicuous posting at the place of employment, and by personal notice to each employee at the time of the establishment of the private plan, at any subsequent time of hire, and within three business days of when the employer knows or should know that the employee may have a need for disability benefits.
(f) The notice at (e) above shall reflect current rates, eligibility requirements, benefit entitlements, and rights of the employees under a private family leave insurance plan pursuant to the Temporary Disability Benefits Law, N.J.S.A. 43:21-25 et seq., including appeal rights, and shall include contact information for the private plan and instructions as to how to file for benefits with the private plan.
(g) In the event that an employer has an internet site or intranet site for exclusive use by its employees and to which all employees have access, posting of the notice at (e) above on the employer's internet or intranet site shall satisfy the conspicuous posting requirement.
(h) Providing the notice at (e) above to an employee through email shall satisfy the requirement at (e) above, that the employer provide each employee personal notice at the time of the establishment of the private plan, at any subsequent time of hire, and within three business days of when the employer knows or should know that the employee may have a need for disability benefits.
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(a) Each employer shall post in each of the employer 's worksites, in a place or places accessible to all employees at the worksite, a printed notification of covered individuals' rights relative to the receipt of family leave insurance benefits under P.L. 2008 , c. 17 and this chapter.
(b) Each employer shall provide each employee of the employer with a written copy of the notification referred to in (a) above under each of the following circumstances:
1. Not later than April 1, 2009;
2. At the time of the employee 's hiring;
3. Whenever the employee provides notice to the employer under 12:21-3.7 or under the analogous provision within a private plan; and
4. At any time, upon the first request of the employee .
(c) The written notification under (b) above may be transmitted by the employer to the employee in electronic form.
(d) The notification poster referred to in (a) above and the written notification referred to in (b) above shall be made available by the Department to any employer upon request by the employer to the Department at the following address:
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Office of Constituent Relations
P.O. Box 110
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0110
(e) Notice, in a form approved by the Director , of the benefits provided by a private family leave insurance plan shall be furnished to the covered employees by the employer by a conspicuous posting at the place of employment, and by personal notice to each employee at the time of the establishment of the private plan, at any subsequent time of hire, and within three business days of when the employer knows or should know that the employee may have a need for disability benefits.
(f) The notice at (e) above shall reflect current rates, eligibility requirements, benefit entitlements, and rights of the employees under a private family leave insurance plan pursuant to the Temporary Disability Benefits Law, N.J.S.A. 43:21-25 et seq., including appeal rights, and shall include contact information for the private plan and instructions as to how to file for benefits with the private plan .
(g) In the event that an employer has an internet site or intranet site for exclusive use by its employees and to which all employees have access, posting of the notice at (e) above on the employer 's internet or intranet site shall satisfy the conspicuous posting requirement.
(h) Providing the notice at (e) above to an employee through email shall satisfy the requirement at (e) above, that the employer provide each employee personal notice at the time of the establishment of the private plan, at any subsequent time of hire, and within three business days of when the employer knows or should know that the employee may have a need for disability benefits.