Seeking legal assistance or remedies to ensure your own health and safety or that of your family member, including preparing for or participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or derived from domestic violence or sexual violence. Attending, participating in, or preparing for a criminal or civil court proceeding relating to an incident of domestic or sexual violence of which you or your family member was a victim. 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, which is the equivalent of a family relationship. 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. 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.
Usage
You must use leave under the NJ SAFE Act in the 12-month period immediately following an instance of domestic violence or a sexually violent offense. The unpaid leave may be taken intermittently in intervals of no less than one day. You may use any accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, medical or sick leave, or any family temporary disability leave benefits during any part of the 20-day period of unpaid leave. The unpaid leave will run concurrently with any paid vacation leave, personal leave, medical or sick leave, or temporary disability benefits that you elect to use. If you request leave for a reason covered by both the NJ SAFE Act and the Family Leave Act, or the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, the leave will count simultaneously against your entitlement under each respective law.
Notice
Provide reasonable written notice of the need for leave. The Company may require you to provide documentation supporting the need for leave. The Company will treat such documentation as confidential, unless disclosure is voluntarily authorized in writing by you or is authorized by a federal or state law, rule, or regulation.
Retaliation
The Company will not retaliate against employees for requesting or taking leave in accordance with this policy, or refusing to authorize the release of information deemed confidential under the NJ SAFE Act. Paid Sick Leave (Accrual Method) CREA, LLC provides paid sick leave to eligible employees in accordance with New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave Law.
Eligibility
All employees who work in New Jersey are eligible for paid sick leave.
Reasons for Leave
Sick leave may be taken for the following reasons:
1. For the diagnosis, care, treatment of, or recovery from a mental or physical illness, injury, or other adverse health condition, or for your own preventative medical care;
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