Starting January 1, 2019 most New Jersey residents will be required to have health insurance containing minimum essential health coverage or be penalized with a tax. 

Ten months after it was vetoed by the prior governor, legislation to expand New Jersey’s paid family-leave benefits is now moving through the legislature and toward the desk of the new governor, Phil Murphy, who is expected to embrace it.

The current bill - S-2528 - is similar to the bill that passed both houses of the Legislature last year. It would give eligible workers more paid leave to care for a newborn or another family member and more money for each day of leave they take. The Senate Labor Committee voted 3-1 to advance the bill.