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elleng

(136,071 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 07:18 PM Sep 2015

Bonding with a Newborn or Newly Adopted Child.NJ

You can claim Family Leave Insurance benefits to:

Bond with a newborn child during the first 12 months after the child’s birth. You, your spouse, your domestic partner or your civil union partner must be the biological parent of the child.

Bond with an adopted child during the first 12 months after the child’s placement.

A bonding leave claim must be for a period of more than seven consecutive days, unless the employer permits the leave to be taken in non-consecutive periods. In this case, each non-consecutive leave period must be at least seven days.

If you are taking intermittent leave for bonding, you and your employer must agree to the intermittent schedule.

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/fli/content/bonding.html

Just learned about this; daughter's just begun her maternity leave - expecting Oct 6 (or before)

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