RESEARCH BRIEF | Nov 2022 - Paid Family Leave and New Jersey’s Service Sector Workforce

To ensure that New Jersey’s paid Even when the hurdle of awareness has been leave program is meeting the needs of these workers, conquered, workers are confused and discouraged this report uses data from the Shift Project survey by poor administration.7 In New Jersey, workers are that offers an unprecedented look at job quality for confused about how to apply and utilize the programs low-wage work. [...] A first module of questions asked if due to a child or care event regardless if the leave workers had heard of the law and to parse the kinds was paid, unpaid, or if the worker received benefits of events that would allow one to use New Jersey’s from New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program. [...] The largest share of workers with a qualifying uptake for low-wage workers.12 To gauge awareness event took leave (65%) but wanted to take more of the program we asked all workers in our New leave. [...] About 24% of to 65% of workers in their 30’s and only 55% of workers workers said that they were aware of the program but under 30. [...] The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Aging.