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New Jersey and Delaware

Greater Philadelphia does not stop at the city limits or the state line. Companies in the region hire from Cherry Hill, Camden, Wilmington, and Newark as easily as from Conshohocken, and the day they do, a different state's rules attach. New Jersey applies its discrimination law, earned sick leave, and salary history ban from the first employee, with no small-employer exemption. Delaware runs a paid family and medical leave program with tiers that turn on how many people you have in the state. This hub covers what changes when your people cross the river, in plain English, with the threshold and the statute for each rule.

Start here Your First Hire Across a State Line: What Changes When Someone Lives in New Jersey or Delaware What a Pennsylvania company picks up when its first hire lives or works in New Jersey or Delaware: registration, workers' comp, sick leave, and paid leave. Read the piece

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