New Jersey Statutes Title 43. Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation 43 § 21-55.2

a. An employer shall not discharge, harass, threaten, or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against an employee with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis that the employee requested or took any temporary disability benefits pursuant to P.L.1948, c. 110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), or family temporary disability leave benefits pursuant to P.L.2008, c. 17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.), including retaliation by refusing to restore the employee following a period of leave, except that, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1948, c. 110 (C.43:21-26), nothing in this section or any other section of P.L.1948, c. 110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) or P.L.2008, c. 17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed as increasing, reducing or otherwise modifying any entitlement provided to a worker by the provisions of the “Family Leave Act,” P.L.1989, c. 261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) to be restored to employment by the employer after a period of family temporary disability leave.

b. Upon a violation of subsection a. of this section, an employee or former employee may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for relief. All remedies available in common law tort actions shall be available to a prevailing plaintiff. The court may also order any or all of the following relief: