and outside New Jersey) to provide their New Jersey employees with 12
   weeks of job-protected leave in a 24-month period to care for a family
   member (parent, parent-in-law, minor or disabled child, spouse, or
   civil union partner) with a serious health condition, or to bond with a
   newly born or adopted child (“bonding leave”). The new legislation
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   union partner, has been the victim of domestic violence or a sexually
   violent offense. Under the amended Act:
     * eligible “family members” now include a parent-in-law, sibling,
       grandparent, grandchild, any individual related by blood, or any
       other individual with a close association equivalent of a family
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     * Benefits are available for leave to care for a child regardless of
       age, a child conceived through a gestational carrier agreement,
       sibling, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, foster parent, any
       individual related by blood, or any other individual with a close
       association equivalent to a family relationship. (Previously,