5 pages. "Four New Jersey municipalities -- Passaic, Paterson, Irvington, and East Orange -- recently enacted ordinances requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees ... The Ordinances will take effect in January 2015 ... Under the Ordinances, an 'employer' is any individual or entity except the federal, state, or city government. Equally broad is the term 'employee,' which includes any individual who works in the particular municipality for at least 80 hours ... Employers must provide a written notice of rights under the law to each employee individually as soon as practicable when an Ordinance goes into effect, and thereafter to each new hire at the time employment commences."  MORE >>