Where a state of emergency is declared by the governor or is considered necessary by the Commissioner of Health or other public health authority, due to an epidemic of a communicable disease, a known or suspected exposure to the communicable disease, or efforts to prevent the spread of a communicable disease, which: o Requires in-home care or treatment of your child due to the closure of the school or place of care, by order of a public official due to the epidemic, or other public health emergency; o Prompts the issuance by a public health authority of a determination, including by mandatory quarantine, requiring or imposing responsive or prophylactic measures as a result of illness caused by the epidemic or exposure because the presence of a family member for whom you provide care would jeopardize the health of others in the community; or o Results in the recommendation of a healthcare provider or public health authority that a family member for whom you provide care voluntarily undergo self-quarantine as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease because the presence in the community would jeopardize the health of others. Child means a biological, adopted, foster child, or resource family child, stepchild, legal ward, or child of a parent, including a child who becomes the child of a parent pursuant to a valid written agreement between the parent and a gestational carrier. Family member means a child, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, domestic partner, or one partner in a civil union couple, or any other individual related by blood to you, and any other individual that has a close association with you that is the equivalent of a family relationship. Parent means a person who is the biological parent, adoptive parent, foster parent, resource family parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, or legal guardian who has a “parent-child relationship” with a child as defined by law, or has sole or joint legal or physical custody, care, guardianship, or visitation with a child, or who became the parent of the child pursuant to a valid written agreement between the parent and a gestational carrier. Serious health condition means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition requiring: Inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility; or Continuing medical treatment or continuing supervision by a healthcare provider. Leave taken because of the birth or placement for adoption of a child may begin at any time within a year after the date of the birth, or placement for foster care or adoption. Intermittent or Reduced Schedule Leave You may take NJFLA leave: By reducing your normal weekly, but not daily, work schedule for no more than 12 consecutive months for any one period of leave. Intermittently in increments lasting at least one week, but less than 12 weeks in a consecutive 12- month period, when medically necessary. You must make a reasonable effort to schedule leave so as not to unduly disrupt business operations. Where intermittent leave is taken, you may be required to transfer to an alternative position having the equivalent pay and benefits and that better accommodates recurring periods of leave. Interaction with Other Laws As a single block of time. If you are eligible for leave under both the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the NJFLA, your leaves under both will run concurrently when the reason for the leave is covered by both laws. If the reason for leave is covered by only one law, the leave will count against your entitlement under that specific law only.
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