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Senate panel advances bill to expand bereavement and pregnancy‑loss leave after emotional testimony
Summary
The Senate Labor Committee voted to advance S2978, which would let workers take family leave or temporary disability leave for miscarriage, stillbirth, unsuccessful adoption or failed fertility treatment; advocates described traumatic personal stories and urged privacy protections.
The New Jersey Senate Labor Committee voted Dec. 5 to advance S2978, a bill that would let employees use Family Leave Act or family temporary disability benefits to grieve a pregnancy or infant loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons, unsuccessful adoption and failed fertility treatments.
Advocates and bereaved parents delivered emotional testimony about the bill's impact. "If I had appropriate leave after my stillbirth in…
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