Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.

This bill amends New Jersey's existing family leave law to explicitly include gestational carriers and agreements between parents and gestational carriers in the definition of a child and parent. It clarifies that employees are eligible for family leave to care for a child born through a gestational carrier arrangement or to provide care during a gestational carrier's pregnancy and recovery period. The legislation also updates eligibility requirements for employers, adjusting the minimum employee count thresholds based on the date of employment, and expands the definition of employment to include certain contractual relationships. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for counting time during state-declared emergencies when determining employee eligibility for leave benefits.