Senator Steven Oroho, (R-24), issued the following statement regarding the paid family leave bill that passed the Senate today.
“The numbers are sobering, last month alone, New Jersey lost more than half of all the jobs lost in the nation, 56% or 9, 500 jobs. In all of 2007 we only gained 4700 jobs. Do the math, our current economic growth agenda is not working and paid family leave will be another burden that will force companies out of business and out of the state.
“Small businesses will suffer the worst. A small business owner cannot just call up the HR department and replace an employee. Training employees costs money and time.
“Recent fiscal policies are destroying businesses in New Jersey. After 101 new or expanded taxes, $11 billion in spending, a doubling of state debt and new onerous regulations it is no wonder why businesses have not been expanding or coming to New Jersey.
“This bill will only make it harder for businesses to help our economy by putting people to work. Elected leaders must implement policies that encourage business to expand or come to New Jersey and create optimism for our working families.”
Link to Post: http://www.senatenj.com/index.php/oroho/paid-family-leave-a-job-killer/263
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