Know Your Rights!

Your Rights Under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Family and Medical Leave ACT (FMLA), enacted in 1993, allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12 month period. The leave can be taken for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child, the care of a family member with a serious health condition, or the employee’s own serious health condition. Read more about your rights under the Family Medical Leave Act. 

Weingarten Rights
In 1975 the United States Supreme Court in the case of NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. 420 U.S. 251 (1975) upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that employees have a right to union representation at investigatory interviews These rights have become known as the Weingarten Rights. Read more about your Weingarten Rights. 

Your Rights Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”) requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship. “In general, an accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities. Read more about your rights under the ADA.

Your Right to Unpaid Time off to Address Issues arising from Domestic/Sexual Violence (NJ SAFE Act)

The New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act (NJ SAFE Act, 2018) provides eligible employees up to 20 days of unpaid, job-protected leave during a 12-month period to address circumstances resulting from domestic violence or a sexually violent offense. It also requires each public employer (department) to identify a Human Resource Officer for all employees—part-time, full-time, interns, and anyone within or outside of Civil Service titles—to speak with and understand their rights if they or a covered individual are experiencing domestic or sexual violence. The NJ SAFE Act establishes circumstances under which leave may be taken.